read the THREAD here on :reddit-logo:

And her reasons for going HERE

  • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Honestly surprised people keep volunteering after the stories of the 420th Reddit Brigade came out

      • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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        2 years ago

        Early on in the conflict, a bunch of redditors got together and decided to enlist in the Ukrainian Army

        They had their passports stolen from them and were basically shoved into combat as human shields

        Then their camp got fucked up by the Russians because they couldn't stop posting about how cool it was to be in a war and the Russians traced their online activity to the campsite

        It's all pretty good stuff for encouraging people to fight for your side, y'know?

          • CoolerOpposide [none/use name]
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            2 years ago

            They didn’t even make it 50 miles from the border with Poland. Russia hit the barracks with a missile strike within about a week of it making headlines. Suddenly, no more headlines about Ukraines legendary “foreign legion”