Why, just why? What does this accomplish?

  • Yanqui_UXO [any]
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    3 years ago

    This is unconfirmed. That's what Ukraine side says. Russian MD claimed, on the other hand, that 82 soldiers on that island surrendered. [ x ] . Regardless, whoever said this, "truth is war's first victim." We won't know many things for sure, or ever, until this is long over.

  • Discopanda [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    It's a Slav thing. You won't understand. In 1944 Polish Underground resistance army started the Warsaw Uprising, despite having no weapons, tanks, ammo etc. just to shame the West into helping them. Surprise, nothing happened, 100 thousand civilians died and city was mowed to the ground by the nazis.

  • fed [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    European’s are genetically engrained to hate everyone born further than 50 miles away from them

  • lutteurdeclasse2 [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    This sucks, why would you not flee, this is also the tragedy of nationalism : pushing brave men to die fighting against an unsermountable enemy when they could've fled and lived on

  • star_wraith [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Capitalism has done a bang-up job over the centuries in convincing people to heroically throw away their lives as a noble sacrifice that ultimately only serves the capitalists. From "charge of the light brigade" to the Rohirrim yelling "deeeeeaaatttthhhh!"

    (Don't @ me I love LotR, the movies are way more militant than the books)

    • HalidBeslic [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Lol fuck off, comparing this to a literal war of extermination. Fucking :reddit-logo: ass take

    • Weebus [comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      Oof this ain't it chief. The Nazis expected a lengthy siege, it was part of their plan to exterminate the entire population. If they had surrendered it would have been even worse. Russia's invasion is imperialist nonsense but they aren't exterminating anyone ffs. Do yourself a favor and delete this

    • Mardoniush [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      Except Leningrad held, tied up millions of Nazi troops, and prevented army group North from achieving further advances.

      And you know, they won. At terrible cost.

      These were 13 almost unarmed guys on an island who got immediately bombed into the aether. For nothing. Save a fucking livestream.

    • bentwookie [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      i'm with you. defiance in the face of annihilation is cool and those poor fools were cool enough to do it.

  • Mike_Penis [any]
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    3 years ago

    idk maybe they don't like the people invading their country

        • Sephitard9001 [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          I'm just saying that they're acting awfully surprised for people who have been shelling Russians for 8 years and were swearing up and down for a month prior that Russia would invade at any moment.

  • Mardoniush [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    The bloodthirsty libs are all going on like it's the fucking Stand of the Old Guard at Waterloo.

    They didn't do anything. They didnt delay a Russian advance, they didnt destroy Russian forces. They stood there and died for nothing. The most they did was force the Russians to waste some ordinance.

    What a horrible fucking waste of young people's lives.

  • CheGueBeara [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I've heard claims that the audio is fake but I don't know how to verify anything about this island