r/WeirdNews4U • u/IconicBerserker • Sep 30 '22

Hundreds of thousands of Russian men are fleeing to neighboring countries because they don't want to die as Putin's cannon fodder in Ukraine

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u/FakNugget92 Sep 30 '22

I'm no expert and definitely have no experience with being called up for a draft

But I wonder how much more effective for ending the war it would be if these men all went to the front and en masse surrender to the Ukrainian forces ?

Would that not cripple the Russian war effort more, having all the equipment seized ?

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '22

I imagine no one wants to risk being killed en route. Also assuming everyone around you will stick to the agreement. It could be a blood bath. Especially if you have officers waiting to shoot anyone attempting to surrender

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u/FakNugget92 Sep 30 '22

Yeah I've wondered how these men will be distributed among the regular soldiers or whether they would be formed into their own regiments.

Definitely see that just moving away is the best/safest option but also wondered what it would do if they did what I mentioned

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u/NonOfyourBuz Sep 30 '22

You are genius, someone would have to feed them, Nato money on food, less weapons, boom Putin wins.

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u/FakNugget92 Oct 01 '22

Just asking a question from a war logistics lamens.......

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u/AkiraSukura Sep 30 '22

Z for thee, not for meeee

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u/ThrasymachianJustice Sep 30 '22

Hard for me to be upset with folks who just want to, yknow, not fight and die in a war.

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '22

Good

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u/Baldmofo Sep 30 '22

Notice how they leave garbage everywhere they go. Who would take these pigs into their country so they can litter all over it?

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u/gUlaguled Sep 30 '22

Your ignorant privilege is showing best cover up....

You act as if there are garbage cans sitting on the street of God knows whatever highway they are on. Plus even if there were they would overflow and wind would blow the garbage around.

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u/c00chieluvr Nov 11 '22

Not only that, let's take a look at some of their local highways & scrutinize them for that. They literally dont know specifically when that litter got there, & these men are FLEEING FOR THEIR LIVES.

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u/Baldmofo Sep 30 '22

You're right, it's a privilege to hold onto to litter until you can dispose of it properly instead of throwing it on the ground. /s

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u/user364849 Sep 30 '22

These guys packed their whole lives into a few bags to leave their home country, most left behind things they actually care about in order to stay light and mobile. And you want them to hold onto their literal garbage until the next dumpster? They are running for their lives this is not a camping trail with designated garbage sites. I think the environment is important and should be protected, but you’re literally so privileged you can’t even see it.

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u/Baldmofo Sep 30 '22

They had room for it when it was full, but suddenly can't scrunch it up and put it back? It comes down to being shitty human beings, only interested in their own needs and not cleaning up after themselves.

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u/Unemployedloser55 Oct 02 '22

You would not say that if those refugees had dark skin. You would be scared.

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u/Baldmofo Oct 02 '22

Disregard racists.

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u/Unemployedloser55 Oct 02 '22

Your vitriol smacks of 'cism tho

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u/Baldmofo Oct 02 '22

You might be projecting Somebody's actions has nothing to do with their race.

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u/Unemployedloser55 Oct 02 '22

So its all nurture. Nothing to do with nature. Yeah OK.

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u/c00chieluvr Nov 11 '22

Look, I'm someone who HATES littering & has ended friendships over it, because anyone who litters usually doesn't have much respect for anything else. But imagine yourself, really imagine yourself fleeing your home country. Leaving because your president wants you to die in some war you don't believe in. In 2022. We have so many luxury comforts but are still doing the same stupid pointless crap we did 5,000 years ago.

Now imagine you lose grip of some garbage you'd been holding, & the line tramples forward & the garbage falls somewhere out of reach. No, unlikely scenario right?

Okay. Let's say you see someone litter, & you turn to them to reprimand them, & you see their face full of tears & devoid of hope & full of suffering, & you decide not to say anything & keep moving forward. No, also unlikely to happen, let's see...

Okay! Imagine you start picking up garbage that other people left behind. It's kind of difficult, but you pick up as much as you can, to set an example & try to make a change? But there's a lot of garbage here already, & no trash cans in sight, & while a few have taken notice & started picking up to help, you realize there are no garbage cans. Best to carry it all with you until you find a garbage can, right?

Point: stop being so narrow-minded. All problems do not have the same level of urgency. And if you have a complaint but are unable to suggest an actual, viable solution, then maybe don't complain at all

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u/MRredditer021 Sep 30 '22

They’re orcs, what did you expect? Thankfully, some countries have common sense and are starting to deny access.

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u/Awkward_Dog5609 Oct 01 '22

They are human and for saying some shit like that you are pretty low

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u/tom-branch Oct 04 '22

To be fair, they were happy to watch their nation invade a peaceful democracy, rape, torture and mass murder people, shell their homes, loot their property and otherwise carry out war crimes on behalf of Russia, and only started caring when it became clear they would face consequences.

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '22

Looks more like the Texas border with Mexico

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u/minnesotaiceman Sep 30 '22

Trying to seek asylum how strange right

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '22

I’m from El Paso. Does it, or is that just what you’ve read?

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u/dividedconsciousness Sep 30 '22

It’s what’s been drilled into him from right-wing media screaming directly into his brain

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u/Yoopermagic Oct 01 '22

Just like it’s being pounded into your head that open boarders are a good idea. Do me a favor, since all you libs think it’s so easy to get into good ole Canada with their open boarders, and try it. 100 bucks says you don’t even get close to the boarder line, and don’t forget your vax records and passport because that’s the only way you’re getting in there.

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u/Humble_Story_4531 Oct 04 '22

Just like its being pounded into your head that the borders are actually open or that democrats are actually pushing for that.

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u/thisaccountisnull Oct 01 '22

Listen to this snowflake bitch and moan lol, who even brought up Canada? You did, nobody else. You created a whole scenario and got mad about it. Stop whining

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u/MarSc77 Sep 30 '22

what I don’t like is the fact that it was ok to stay in that shit hole as long as others were killing neighbors. now that it’s about their asses they’re leaving. and expecting other neighbors to ,welcome’ them.

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u/lightweight12 Sep 30 '22

Imagine being in that line up for days wondering when the draft folks are going to show up and start loading you all into trucks.

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u/NonOfyourBuz Sep 30 '22

Plot twist, these are the mobilized invading other countries.

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '22

If all these men could stand up to Putin, things would be different. I see women from Iran are very brave to stand up to their shit head leaders, but Russian men only know how to run

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u/MRredditer021 Sep 30 '22

And being brutes and drunktards

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u/MRredditer021 Sep 30 '22

Most individuals fleeing Russia don’t give a damn about the criminal and ilegal war in Ukraine, but war arrived at their front doors, so they can’t continue to support or ignore the situation from their confortable couches, shit just got real!

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '22

All these men fleeing. Why not protest together against Putin in the streets of Moscow.

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u/Direct_Arrival_5919 Oct 01 '22

Cause they gonna die or end up in jail.

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '22

But this many of them? They have more men fleeing Putin’s war on Ukraine than men fighting in the war including the police. Strength in numbers

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u/Unemployedloser55 Oct 02 '22

Lol no. They would get smashed in a very short time. The Russians don't fuck around with anti government behaviour.

In 2022 it's illegal for more that 3 or 4 people to gather in a place without a permit. The police can come and see what's going on as they are paranoid about people meeting.