Ukraine sacks army recruitment chiefs in anti-graft shakeup
www.reuters.com
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy broadened his battle against graft on Friday, firing all the heads of Ukraine's regional army recruitment centres as the war with Russia enters a critical stage.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/1338851

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  • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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    11 months ago

    "Opposing military conscription is stupid" and other hot takes from westerners that have never had to fight a war at home.

    How is it stupid to oppose Zelenskyy's suicidal conscription polices? It makes Russia's mobilisation/conscription look pacifist by comparison.

    • WittyProfileName2 [she/her]
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      11 months ago

      If you pop into that users history, you'll see that the interacting they're talking about is whining at me for a couple of days because I called them a racist.

      • Murvel@lemm.ee
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        11 months ago

        Not really. You just use the word 'racist' as a general insult to people who disagree with you. I don't really take it as an offense since it means nothing in that context, but using the word 'racist' ignoring its actual meaning is problematic.

            • WittyProfileName2 [she/her]
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              11 months ago

              There is a history of mongrel being used as a racial slur, you chose to ignore the evidence of that I showed you so you could pretend to be a victim.

      • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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        11 months ago

        Negotiations? It's clear after the attempt at a "counter offensive" that Ukraine do not have the ability to gain any significant territory, and they are just throwing lives and equipment into a void of mines and trenches. And Ukraine is not going to gain the ability to break though these fortifications anytime soon, I cannot see western nations giving Ukraine the weaponry required (an air force is the main missing component needed for NATO style combined arms tactics to function).

        Unless Ukraine can find a way to convince western nations to give them the equipment required to make breakthroughs (very unlikely), they are stuck in an attrition war with Russia. And I don't see any path to victory in an attrition war against Russia. The article we are commenting on is one of the major reasons why, they're having to fire people just to get more conscripts. At that point, negotiation is the best possible outcome.

      • duderium [he/him]
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        11 months ago

        Surrender. War crimes tribunals. Re-education. The rebirth of the USSR. We aren’t asking for much.

      • autismdragon [he/him, comrade/them]
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        11 months ago

        Comparing Hilter to Putin is tantamount to holocaust denial.

        Putin is a bad man but they aren't anywhere near to the same level.

          • autismdragon [he/him, comrade/them]
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            11 months ago

            Tell me one thing Hitlers regime did that Putins regime hasn't done

            The Holocaust.

            Russians are almost just like (thankfully) dumb

            Generalizing Russians and instead of Putin's regime AND calling them stupid. Not racist at all.

              • autismdragon [he/him, comrade/them]
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                11 months ago

                And if it it racist to point out that Putins regime

                You didn't say Putin's regime, you said Russians. Look who's leaving shit out now?

                And idk how to tell you this but scale matters.