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[–] Buffalox 66 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Largest surrender so far...

[–] hohoho 53 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Just thinking out loud...

As a surrendered Russian soldier...

Would you want to be returned to your home country? Would you be safe from your military political leaders?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

there's an option to join free russia battalion, probably, they don't take everyone. that's an unit within ukrainian army. service guarantees citizenship, maybe, or something

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I mean, going by the Soviet-Russian land warfare doctrine, I'm guessing they weren't safe at any point after the enlistment process. Going by what their leaders are investing in and how they are engaging the world stage, I'm guessing they weren't safe before that either.

It's not fun being Russian, i suppose.

[–] Valmond 35 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Keep them a couple of months, riling up "important" people in St Petersbourg & Moscow... No wonder Putin wants to swap asap!

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago

They should do the swap but at the last moment change them with some poor idiots from the provinces instead of the sons of moscowites here.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago

New russian strategy: flood the prisoner camps of Ukraine. It's a variation of a zerg rush.

[–] lettruthout 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So there will be a prisoner swap later... In Russia, what kind of reception might a soldier get once it's learned that they surrendered? At best they'll immediately be sent back to the front?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

one wagner soldier was infamously executed with a sledgehammer when he was let back into his unit

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

Good stuff!

[–] Ordo_Bellatores 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I am curious how these soldiers differ from the ones being used in offensive operations. I suspect they would be border guard units or reservists.

Haven't found any images of unit insignias or any ID from this latest batch, curious to know what units are involved

Interesting situation overall

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Young conscripts from western Russia usually, the type with parents in Moscow that Putin actually cares about

[–] margaritox 1 points 1 month ago

You're absolutely right. That's why they're surrendering en masse. Because they had no intentions of being involved in any war.