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Oh i thought that according to .world's lore it's NK soldiers fighting for the bowl of rice there... I'll have to educate myself better with your mythology. Anyway, in real world draftees were deployed there exactly because it wasn't warzone. Could you please provide some links to proof that they are actively used there right now?

Edit: well, i think that some things should be clarified for people who would be reading this in future. Conscription (draft) and mobilization is two different things. The first (conscription) means compulsory military training for young males of specific age which fit for military service. You shouldn't be used in active military action if you're conscrpited. Both Russia and Ukraine had draft before the war, with a military age from 18 till 27, inherited from Soviet Union. After the beginning of the war Russia has raised upper limit of its military age to 30 and Ukraine has abandoned draft as such. The second (mobilization) is forced military service with the goal of taking part in war action. Russia had one round of mobilization in the end of 2022. Ukraine has general mobilization non-stop from 2022. Both mobilizations caused crisises, although pretty different ones as Russia has its borders open while Ukraine has its borders closed for military fit males.

Just a friendly reminder that in the real world, the country that cancelled its presidential elections this year and is conducting forced mobilization is Ukraine. In Russia, the presidential elections were held six months ago and the forced mobilization ended two years ago.

All attempts to whitewash banderite crap always resemble this good old comics.

I'm at Russia right now, I've been to Ukraine more than dozen times including twice to Crimea (Ukrainian at time of visit) and numerous times to Donbass (as Donetsk is literally hometown of my father). What's next? Have you ever been to one of the listed places yourself or are you just fantasizing from other side of the world?

What’s the weather like in Moscow?

Thanks for asking, it was around +10 degrees per Celsius this afternoon, which is quite warm for this time of the year. But there is a downside as there's melting snow everywhere.

You know what also would have saved lives, and reduced tensions? Not going to war in the first place, the fact is that Putte was the one to attack and start this whole shitshow means that Russia is in the wrong, not Ukraine.

This profound analysis is a real gem of modern Western thought!

Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporhizhia, Kherson, Crimea

Only abovementioned 5 regions had referendums and therefore fall into "Russia considers part of Russia" category as they are really treated as Russian regions by Russian law. Any other regions of Ukraine are not, at least currently.

His offer for Ukraine is surrender. Ukraine would need to give up the 4 oblasts that Russia considers part of Russia, including their 2nd and 3rd largest cities.

Both 2nd and 3rd largest cities of Ukraine are outside of borders of 5 contested regions.

The funny thing is that nearly half of transnistrians already have Russian citizenship. Even the funnier thing is that nearly quarter of transnistrians hold Ukrainian passports and have by far higher chances to be drafted during upcoming mobilization. And the funniest thing is that some of them have both citizenships simultaneously effectively meaning that they can choose the side to be drafted for.