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[–] AAA@feddit.de 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What a terrible waste of human life.

Everybody deserves a happy and fulfilled life. Not slowly dying alone in a dirty hole for absolutely nothing - led there by lies and propaganda from people who should take care of them, not waste them.

It's just sad.

[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's sad, yes, but I hope it was more of a coup de grace than anything else.

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

Not a bad way to go, compared to bleeding out slowly with no pain meds.

[–] ALERT@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 year ago (6 children)

why the downvotes though? he could have stayed home.

[–] glad_cat@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tankies are downvoting everything here by default, it’s a tradition.

[–] fosforus@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Free yourself from being a slave to arbitrary numbers: Settings -> Show Scores -> disable.

[–] Uncaged_Jay@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

These guys are conscripts, do you really think they want to be there?

[–] ALERT@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Do I have to give a single fuck? They came to destroy my home, my country. They will all burn. Every single one of them that crossed the border.

[–] TheBlue22@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This is what happens when you fight for fascists. Should have stayed home

[–] Luminocta@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)
[–] Edgelord_Of_Tomorrow@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] And009@reddthat.com 0 points 1 year ago

As far as the propaganda goes, it's not

[–] Oderus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

You always have choices. Always.

[–] fosforus@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If we assume free will (which I doubt, but let's assume anyway) he could have attempted to

  • avoid draft
  • surrender
  • shoot his commanding officers

all of which would have prevented this outcome at least. Some of them might have led to him living.

[–] randomperson@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

For centuries citizens of various countries hadn't a choice and had to fight russian oppressors except for russians themselves who always comply with all the shit they are told to do. This nation is beyond any rescue.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

RIP

And TEAR

Until it is done.

[–] RobertOwnageJunior@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago

I'm sure you can relate deeply.

That's grim.

[–] SirEDCaLot@lemmy.fmhy.net 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've watched a bunch of combat footage but I'm not a fan here. Not of the video, but of the action. Yes he's an invader and UA has a right to defense and to kill invaders and defend their home and I fully support them. But this guy is obviously not combat effective. He's half dead already. His arm is fucked up and he's not gonna be shooting anyone. So killing him for the hell of it feels fucking cold.

Seems like bad strategy too. Let him live and it'll take 2-3 soldiers to evac him, and that's 2-3 soldiers not fighting that day. Plus it's good PR to let enemy wounded get evac'd shows that you are the good guys.

[–] randomperson@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

More like wait for 2-3 soldiers to evac him and then bomb the shit out all of them. That's 2-3 soldiers not fighting ever again.

[–] And009@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago

True, ideally there should be a safe way to surrender without fear of ambush on either side. Collect POW.

[–] yata@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Optimistic of you to assume anyone was going to evac him.

[–] randomperson@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

The best part is he had some time to regret being on the wrong side of a country that's historically always a scum.

[–] ShittyRedditWasBetter@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This is actually fucked up. I can't imagine getting off on watching a guy die purely to watch them die. Keep this shit to other subs IMO.

It's beyond being pissed and reveling in someones suffering. Pretty fucked up evil shit.

[–] hoch@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Eh, I don't really give a fuck about Russian combatants getting blown up at this stage of the war.

Maybe at the beginning of the war when their soldiers didn't realize they're being shipped to Ukraine, sure.

But at this point, this man knew what he's doing and decided to do it anyways. I don't take pleasure in his death, but that's war. Ideally they'd take him POW, but that's kinda hard to do in contested areas.

At that point, the only other options are to let the man suffer or allow him to be evac'd by Russians and shoot at you again.

[–] duviobaz@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Looks like Christ didn't save him HAHA

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

Christ sent him a grenade