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[–] Wahots@pawb.social 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You know things are bad when the leader of 12,000 men tried to get one guy in order to surrender to him. Based on Bucha, I understand why they didn't want to surrender to the Russians.

[–] Hubi@feddit.de 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There was also the whole getting sent to "work camps" thing...

[–] TheBlue22@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Russians have been on par, or worse, to surrender to compared to the WW2 Japanese for almost a hundred years.

Unlawful killing, warcrimes, and rape are accepted russian doctrine.

[–] ciko22i3@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And they will call you a nazi if you talk about it. This was barely discussed before the invasion of Ukraine, after which became acceptable to talk shit about them.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

I'm pretty sure it was okay to talk shit about Russia before the invasion of Ukraine... they've been the bad guy in every movie, show, and video game for like a century now.

[–] TheBlue22@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

My grandparents and their parents suffered greatly under Russians, I was never scared to talk about them in the worst light imaginable