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Another Ukrainian Brigade Is Disintegrating As It Deploys To Pokrovsk (www.forbes.com)

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[–] CyberMonkey404@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Where do they keep getting these brigades, geez

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Turns out that when you kidnap people off the street and gang press them into fighting, they're not terribly motivated.

[–] CyberMonkey404@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well they're still deploying instead of deserting

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Seems like most people desert or surrender at the first chance they get. Sometimes they just don't get an opportunity to do that before they get to combat.