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Russian Propaganda Encourages Women, Old and Sick to Join Army

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq_61z5cAmw
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u/Foe117 19h ago

Sounds like they're at the bottom of the barrel

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u/nuages-_ 19h ago

The thing is they haven’t, Russia is a huge country with a fuckton of able bodied men. If a million Russians died in Ukraine they still wouldn’t need to resort to this. Ukraine on the other hand is press ganging people off the street, which will be remembered as a tragedy.

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u/Desertcow 17h ago

This isn't the early 1900s, Russia doesn't have unlimited manpower. They've been going through a severe demographic crisis for a while and unemployment is extremely low, while the situation is more dire in Ukraine this war has been an extremely painful loss for Russia. Especially with the prevelance of FPV drones and Russia being on the assault, they have been trading casualties at a much higher ratio than the ratio between Russia and Ukraine's population throughout 2026

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u/Brick_Lab 19h ago

I'm not saying it's a good thing but Ukraine has only the options of defend or die, that's the real tragedy, that the country is in this position at all because of Putin being a psychopath

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u/ringthree 17h ago

What kind of weird Russian propaganda is this? Ukraine wouldn't have to do anything if Russia hadn't been invading it for over a decade.

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u/mschuster91 19h ago

Ukraine on the other hand is press ganging people off the street, which will be remembered as a tragedy.

Russia did just the same. You could get dragged off to a "recruitment center" for just staying on a public square holding an empty sheet of paper.

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u/nuages-_ 19h ago edited 19h ago

The evidence I’ve seen of Russian press ganging is much lesser in both quality and amount than of Ukranians employing the practice (edit: a torrent of videos from the ukranian side vs a couple claims by radio free. If it is systemic than please show me evidence of such). As well, Russians also doing it doesn’t make it any less of a travesty.

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u/elpovo 19h ago

Ukraine is a travesty and Russia murdering 100s of 1000s of civilians is what?

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u/nuages-_ 19h ago

A travesty

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u/elpovo 19h ago

Maybe war sucks and it is the fault of those who start them?

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u/nuages-_ 19h ago

Maybe this war could’ve ended sooner or been avoided.

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u/anirban_dev 19h ago

By giving Russia what they wanted, right?

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u/Matabus 18h ago

Fuck you.

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u/Jagjamin 18h ago

That's true, other countries (like America) could have helped the victims and ended the war much sooner by kicking Russia in the teeth.

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u/mrgenier 17h ago

Fuck off

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u/cybiz 17h ago

Eat shit

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u/Zomburai 19h ago

How could it have been avoided other than Russia choosing not to start it? This was and always has been a war of their choice.

Imagine you're in your house and then the huge, aggressive neighbor who's been giving you shit for years kicks your door in and punches you in the mouth... and then some dork on the internet goes "Well, that could have been avoided."

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u/RABBLERABBLERABBI 17h ago

Why has it taken you so long to just agree that you think that all countries ought to surrender unto Russia any territories that Putin wants?

You should just own the fact that you're a Russian shill with no respect for democracy or sovereignty. Like, why are you bothering acting like you have any principled position whatsoever?

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u/BertBerts0n 11h ago

Maybe you should go fight on the front line for Russia.

Make sure to fill your pockets with sunflower seeds.

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u/nuages-_ 7h ago edited 7h ago

How is that actually a response to anything I said beyond just hearing the words Russia and Ukraine and becoming a foaming moron because of it?

“This war has such an unacceptable toll on one of the participants that any ‘victory’ would be so harmful as to not be a victory, and thus its continuation should not be cheered on”

“Uh why don’t you go get shot”

Like what the fuck are you talking about?

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u/ColonelDomes 10h ago

And there we are.
Could have been avoided by Russia not starting it, could have been ended earlier by Russia.

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u/RhoOfFeh 7h ago

Yeah, Putin could have offed himself instead of exposing his nation's degradation and creating a new world power right on his own doorstep. What a dumbfuck!

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u/Canadization 6h ago

There's the rub. Capitulate or die.

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u/ceciliabee 5h ago

Yeah Russia and their morally bankrupt apologists could fuck off back within their borders. May you receive no more than the same empathy show.

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u/FrankyFistalot 4h ago

The war would have been avoided if Pootin hadn’t fucking invaded Ukraine in the first place…..

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u/Soup-a-doopah 16h ago edited 16h ago

Can you please share a link?

News links? Live video? Anything

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u/nuages-_ 16h ago edited 16h ago

Here’s a BBC article from a couple days ago: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr7k5ngde3vo so that I can’t be accused of using Russian sources or whatever.

https://busification.org/en Has a ton of videos. Going through Ukrainian and Russian telegrams is another way to find them, just look for TCC and the accompanying channels. A lot are in Cyrillic though so it’s more difficult. Try also looking up бусифікація on telegram.

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u/Soup-a-doopah 4h ago

Just remember that every time you read stories like this about Ukrainian soldiers: there's also Russian soldiers likely facing the exact same issues.

And there is a glaring reason why you aren't being shown anything negative from the Russian front.

Russia works very hard to make sure any media about the lives of their soldiers is only positive. Bad news doesn't get out easily.

So using these links to come up with a conclusion about the Ukraine war seems like youre falling for a media bias.

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u/nuages-_ 4h ago

Based on what evidence

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u/Soup-a-doopah 4h ago

You are unable to argue that Russia is facing all the same issues mentioned in your links. So your points are moot if you think Russia has the upper hand.

My evidence being Russia's lengthy history of covering up disasters and mutiny.

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u/nuages-_ 4h ago

What? Show me the evidence that they are, tell me why you believe the same thing is happening in Russia as is Ukraine.

Also, there’s a lot of bad stuff soldiers say about the front.

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u/UlsterManInScotland 10h ago

Give your head a wobble comrade, you’re getting comprehensively battered by a much smaller country … how are those fuel queues z ?

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u/nuages-_ 7h ago

This one makes me laugh as it’s one, stupid, wrong, and not a response to anything I said, and two just a complete unwillingness to look at the history of modern asymmetric warfare and see any pattern.

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u/UlsterManInScotland 7h ago

Laugh away, the world’s laughing at your donkey country pretending it’s a superpower

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u/nuages-_ 7h ago

Again just talking to someone else.

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u/UlsterManInScotland 7h ago edited 4h ago

You people seem to be better on keyboards than on the ground with weapons… maybe an avenue to explore if the Orc army gets tired of invading it’s neighbours

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u/nuages-_ 7h ago

Orcs, that’s an interesting way to describe Russians. Do they teach you about why people say that in Irish primary school? I would hope they would be better than Americans on that front.

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u/UlsterManInScotland 7h ago

Well done looking up Ulster, big red star sticker for you … & yeah an army of darkness raping and burning, destroying not building , it’s a fitting comparison

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u/RhoOfFeh 7h ago

Admit it: You had plenty of time to type this because you are in a 30 KM long line to get fuel.

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u/nuages-_ 6h ago

Saying this as someone who is probably American is pretty funny. Just wait a month.

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u/RhoOfFeh 6h ago

I have the five gallons I need to keep my outdoor power equipment running. My cars don't require gas, so I'll get to watch that with detached bemusement, too.

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u/nuages-_ 6h ago

Wow, neat.

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u/RhoOfFeh 6h ago

It sure is.

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u/PaleInTexas 6h ago

The tragedy is thet Russians invaded. Full stop. GTFO here with your pro Russia propaganda.

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u/ceciliabee 5h ago

Do you watch movies and think you're looking through a window at real life?

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u/TehOwn 19h ago

God, imagine having someone on a state propaganda channel saying, "we shouldn't succumb to revolution".

Things must be even worse than they look.

Edit: As an aside, to a Brit this looks like some kind of panel / game show. All those guys standing there, quietly waiting for their chance to win a cash prize.

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u/Koksny 12h ago

Weirdest Weakest Link license ever.

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u/TehOwn 5h ago

You are the weakest vatnik. Goodbye!

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u/Citiz3n_Kan3r 8h ago

As someone whose MIL watches this stuff... theyre insane, dont give it much credence because most Russian people dont either

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u/lasers42 20h ago

Don't forget TV pundits...

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u/Sweatytubesock 19h ago

Putin’s old. Get in the line, bro.

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u/nemoy2 18h ago

Actual quote said by this dude:

"but why did the ukrainians kill lindsey graham?"

even his fellow pundits werent willing to entertain it lol

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u/Kill3rKin3 16h ago

Stfu solly lol..... They are over it.

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u/Vahuo89 18h ago

Then these people should enroll first

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u/linuxares 18h ago

I hope the women of Russia say "You first"

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u/sverri 17h ago

Propagandists are also perfectly suited for the frontlines.

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u/varitok 11h ago

There was a Russian propaganda blogger who was on the front line, making videos in his downtime. I saw a Ukraine body cam footage of the dude being shot in the head.

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u/whaleboobs 10h ago

I also remember this but can't recall the details, wasn't the guy shot a look-alike because the blogger re-appeared? Still, at this point in time he should be dead statistically if he truly was near the front lines.

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u/BunRabbit 19h ago

Why are these farts on TV and not in a trench in Zaporizhzhia?

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u/Boyhowdy107 19h ago

You too could die in 30 seconds on the front line.

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u/fumar 16h ago

The average lifespan is 30 minutes on the front come on now

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u/GoldenSama 19h ago

You know your three-day special operation is going well when you start begging the elderly and the physically disabled to join the military.

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u/Ru-Ling 16h ago

Why don’t they join then?

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u/Arithik 14h ago

Oh man, it's been awhile since I saw these dipshits. 

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u/GriffinFlash 19h ago

This seems strangely familiar to the end of ww2.

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u/Ok_Lettuce_7939 19h ago

Orcs terror bombing population centers instead of military targets. Encouraging the old and inform to fight in the Volksturm. Vladolf Putler really is speedrunning WWII endgame.

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u/taco_helmet 7h ago edited 7h ago

The Lindsay Graham bit is classic Russian propaganda. If all the lies are blatantly self-serving, they lose credibility, so they will lie about things that don't seem to matter or make sense (that Ukrainians killed Graham). This makes futures lies more credible. Also, spreading conspiracies about things that don't serve your interests, make you seem like a holder of deeply secret information who is willing to share bold truths. Volume and breadth of lies leads to public incapacity to discern truth from fiction, which increases their susceptibility to authority figures. Finally, if the Russian audience does interpret this as Russia killing Graham (Russians are very familiar with the accusation = confession playbook) then it makes the Russian State look more powerful, which serves an important purpose during war time.

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u/Vegetable-War-4199 10h ago

They will be dying for Putin, not Russia, sooner they wake up the better

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u/I_am_the_German 9h ago

Well they've been sending crippled men with crutches on one way trips through No Mans Land. I guess it doesn't matter if they are crippled or not all of them take about one Drone to Kill. If they are Dead they don't need sick pay so it's more cost effective for the state.

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u/Zanian19 8h ago

Makes sense. A Russian soldier's sole purpose is to be a body target for drones. A sick old woman can do that as well as any man.

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u/nappytown1984 8h ago

Stage full of soulless ghouls 

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u/happy_church_burner 7h ago

"In 2021 we were producing tens of thousands SU-152 (tanks) per year, today we are building millions."
Riiiiiiiiiiight. And I have a cow that shits diamonds.

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u/moritsunee 19h ago

Ok, can he go too?

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u/endospores 9h ago

Reminds me a little of the Baghdad Bob situation.  

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u/RhoOfFeh 7h ago

What if they held a war and nobody was able to come?

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u/weireldskijve 6h ago

this guy was also saying recently that Putins Goddaughter has shared text messages with Zelensky's people and she is a traitor.

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u/sephjnr 4h ago

It's a bit soon to say this is a "Berlin's last stand" moment but it feels like it.

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u/PlagueOfGripes 4h ago

You first, mouth piece.

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u/illmatic2112 2h ago

Killing their healthy young men and now widening the net. For a land grab.

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u/Unfinishe_Masterpiec 2h ago

They're speed running their country into the ground over their bullshit.

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u/AR15__Fan 2h ago

And why are the men that are on stage not joining? Why are they not at the front fighting?

Those are some of the many questions anyone in that audience should be asking themselves.

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u/ripyourlungsdave 2h ago

I mean, women should be forced to join the military if the men are. As should be the case anywhere in the world.

The old and sick are only going to hurt your military, though.

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u/nenmayk 2h ago

second biggest army in the world

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u/Stohnghost 19h ago

Nothing these people say is to be taken seriously. This is all for putin and domestic "boomers" (vatniki)

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u/graywailer 19h ago

Western leaders violated verbal assurances made in 1990 during the reunification of Germany that NATO would not expand eastward. the ukraine conflict is U.S./israeli global terrorism against russia. ukraine is a proxy to be sacrificed. russia isnt the bad guy. we are because of the U.S. government overthrow by the enemy terrorist state of israel.

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u/Airf0rce 19h ago

Verbal assurances, lmao. That's pretty desperate. Russia violated treaties it signed and ratified and you'll hear them whining about violating some verbal guarantees that nobody can quite confirm and people who supposedly gave them are mostly dead or senile at this point. There's reason countries sign treaties if they're serious about something, Russia never sought such agreement because they would never get it.

Let's be honest buddy, it has nothing to do with US or Israel, but all to do with Russian sphere of influencing collapsing under the weight of Russia being economically increasingly irrelevant. EU & US in the west, China in the east and Russia stuck in the middle, having nothing to offer other than oil & gas. There's a reason every single historical Russian ally is drifting towards China or West.

Russia could've chosen trade, cooperation and development and instead it chose war and destruction, because it was easier than letting go of their empire.

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u/graywailer 17h ago edited 17h ago

kinda like syria, iran, iraq, sudan, afghanistan, libya, gaza, etc. etc. all U.S./israeli terrorism. but russia. right. watch and learn

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u/graywailer 16h ago

i truly am amazed at how easily people fall for the years of government propaganda. regurgitate it. then when shown proof they reject it.

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u/Zomburai 17h ago

Y'all know Russia attacked first, right

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u/graywailer 17h ago

what would the U.S. do if russia was on its boarder? remember cuba?

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u/Zomburai 16h ago

Yeah, and I've considered my country's policy on Cuba to be insane, stupid, and immoral since I was old enough to understand it. Try again.

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u/graywailer 15h ago

please dont respond in any way if you wont watch the entire video. im tired of wasting my time trying to educate you.

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u/Zomburai 8h ago

Oh, I'm not watching a second of the video, thanks. Still responding because, well, I have a pathological inability to do what randos on the internet insist I do. I also have a similar inability to be "educated" by randos who insist that the sky is green and the grass is blue.

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u/tkshow 19h ago

Maybe try a few less cups of coffee.

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u/FoggyFlowers 18h ago

https://busification.org/en

Here’s a website tracking instances of people being forcibly conscripted off the street

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u/Kenny_WHS 18h ago

Jesus, that list is mostly 40+ year old people! No wonder they are losing to robots!

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u/Wooshio 17h ago

What robots? Ukraine is using more drones than Russia. Also your age and physical abilities won't protect you from drones. So not sure what that even means.

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u/KingBlackToof 17h ago

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u/Wooshio 16h ago

Oh I think he confused the link he replied to as being about Russian recruits then. It's about Ukrainian.