Unstoppable mobilization in Russia: everyone is drafted for war, even cancer patients

In Russia, the Kremlin-controlled media have been banned from reporting on the mobilization. According to The Moscow Times, an unspoken order came from the administration of the President of the Russian Federation on the eve of the New Year holidays. The publication suggests that the Kremlin made this decision amid rumors of a second wave of mobilization, as well as a proposal by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu regarding an increase in the size of the Russian army. For more information about the mobilization process in Russia and how to avoid being called up for war against Ukraine, watch our story.
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[@ramhammer10-4]

How can Ukraine ever forgive Russia for what it's doing to them. The bitterness will go on for decades if not centuries

[@siberiusstuph]

Russia only Convinced Ukraine the West is Preferable

[@slej2502]

How can Russia forgive Putin? The humiliation will carry with them for generations

[@protorhinocerator142]

@@slej2502 You guys are assuming there will be future generations. Children and grandchildren? Russia is killing off all the potential fathers right now. If they end the war right now and have any recovery for the population, it could take them another 30 years just to get themselves back to the broken state of demographics they had in 2021. We're watching an ethnicity get wiped out by its own leader. And if there are 10 ethnic Russians remaining at the end of this war, someone is going to invade them and make sure there can't ever be another generation of Russians. Countries are going to ask the cold hard question: What good have the Russian people ever done for anyone? And no this isn't about the USA. That's not an answer. We're talking about Russia hollowing out its own population. No remaining men of fighting age means no remaining men of getting married age. And no remaining men of working hard in the field age, or in the factory, or in the city. I've not heard of such a thing in modern times. I mean you go back a couple thousand years and you had the Amazon women, but they voluntarily separated from men. They didn't kill off all the men in Greece. We still have Greek people today. There comes a tipping point where if enough Russian men die, then effectively there is no more Russia. Their demography was already imploding a year ago. They weren't having enough children to create a realistic next generation. This war made everything so much worse for them. I seriously don't think there will be a "Russia" as we know it in 2025. Not at this rate. They're so screwed.

[@tomrogers9467]

@@slej2502 Putler didn’t do this alone. He had thousands of toadies following orders they know were totally wrong!

[@philphil4042]

Forever.

[@josephburns9819]

The best thing these soldiers can do is, immediately surrender to Ukrainian authorities…

[@pablopicaro7649]

Only qualification is being able to absorb shrapnel, no other skill needed

[@cann0708]

Only qualification is that you have to be alive

[@andrewcampbell3314]

Bullets too

[@LisaNH934]

👍 💙💛

[@angussoutter7824]

And stop bullets & shells

[@hymatwat9412]

You don't even know if this story is true

[@LIBERTAD702]

I’m in absolute disbelief. Putin and his cronies have so much ego and pride that they are willing to throw everyone and their Mama to fight. I’m sorry Russians….this will forever go down in infamy.

[@TheGelatinousSnake]

“Im hiring a lawyer” “Good good, we are also conscripting the lawyers”

[@arektrip9727]

😂🤣🤣

[@linato1855]

That was probably one of the funniest statements coming from a ruzzie! 🤣🤣🤣 I hope there’s a follow up about that lawyer…🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@havable]

@@linato1855 It wasn't a real quote. An actual Russian with a sense of humor would wind up in jail in a heartbeat these days. One of their jokes would have involved the word "war" and saying that carries a 15-year prison sentence there in "free speech" Russia.

[@TheGelatinousSnake]

For clarity this is not an actual quote, it is for comedic purposes. Although many lawyers have been conscripted and already surrendered at the fronts

[@skymaster4121]

🤣🤣🤣

[@dennisyoung4631]

This sounds like Putrid is working hard to destroy his own country!

[@nova_verse6284]

Even cancer patients 🙄🙄🤦🏽‍♂🤦🏽‍♂. Have mercy for that guy..

[@K1lostream]

He'll be put out of his misery before the cancer gets him and they know it - it's the only reason to decide someone with that illness is 'fit for service' - he's not expected to last long.

[@nicktechnubyte1184]

Reminds me of that episode in family guy when stewie and brian joined the army!

[@OttoBlotto321]

Looks like Russia has found a way to make their country cancer free.

[@All_you_need_is_love2018]

This cancer patient is also pro-Putin, according to this news site 1:21. Now he has to live with the consequence of supporting Putin.

[@hiupanddown]

He about to go bye bye 😂😂😂😂

[@downy8586]

What makes me really sad is that Russia thinks this will all be forgotten, but I think russia has really shit on it's own chips here and it may never been forgotten, they have hurt not only Ukraine but the whole world in a time where nothing goes undocumented, this is a time where no one forgets because now there is a digital memory, sadly it seems like Russia still lives in the 1950's, even China wouldn't have made a massive mistake like this. IMO, it really is self defeating.

[@butterballmach2]

Not really "russia" just the military an putin

[@alanhahn8874]

Coyi

[@duskyman1]

Putin has set Russia back 50 years in relation with the rest of the world. Generations of Russians are going to suffer

[@gregiles908]

Winnie is stupid enough too.

[@arandomtryhard9953]

LOL 10000% fax

[@hulamei3117]

Desertion is a patriotic act for Russian soldiers.

[@Sion_Revan]

“When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty". Thomas Jefferson.

[@drmachinewerke1]

@@Sion_Revan russian peasants do not know who Jefferson was. They do know about Stalin and Lenin

[@johnd2058]

Indeed. Putin's waging a war of extermination against Russian manhood.

[@Neon-Lines]

on the other hand, anyone silently accepting russia's current regime or even backing it is just as criminal

[@WhatHappenedIn-vt3vq]

Usually that's propaganda but in this case it absolutely is. Russias pro-invasion "patriots" are some of the of the absoute biggest traitors in history and they'll never die for their country, while there happy to volleteer their neighbors children

[@ericaforret4595]

Wow ! That sure takes crazy to a hole new level ! Who is next ? Grandparents ? Women ? Children ? Cats ? Dogs ? 😲😵😶

[@michaeljmobley]

Well we saw what Germany ended up doing at the end of their Nazi regime.

[@davidyoung5830]

Putin is no different to Adolf Hitler, he sent all people to war in the end children were defending the Third Reich because they ran out of regular fighting aged men!

[@wallygee2198]

Everybody, if you got 2 eyes, 2 arms and 2 legs your good to go right to the front line also if animals could carry guns they would be out there to

[@havable]

@@wallygee2198 I doubt the two eyes are necessary.

[@violet2]

Hamsters and rabbits mice and even goldfish too

[@xfiles4792]

There doesn't seem to be any minimum requirements to be cannon fodder for the Russian military. The only requirement I see is that you have to be breathing and easy to catch.

[@bidenschef7462]

Hell, I don't even think breathing is a requirement

[@dennisyoung4631]

A corpse cannot bear arms. It’s only good as a (very!) temporary bullet sponge. Otherwise, it is a strong liability. Same with many of these seriously ill individuals. My being more or less deaf on my right side, (from birth) as well as being extremely nearsighted, kept me out of the military 45 years ago.

[@JustMe-gn6yf]

But if you're a son of a politician or police officer you don't have to go

[@SandyWolf-]

Bleed red!

[@duskyman1]

@@dennisyoung4631 they don't have any arms for them to bear so there's that

[@garyhibbert4875]

and still russian have not revolt yet

[@nathanheng8954]

Then they deserve what they get.

[@nova_verse6284]

They still love daddy Putin yea.

[@dayforit1750]

They are cowardly sheep 🐑

[@sansabark]

They have been beaten down for so long by their leaders, they take pride in being able to put up with it.

[@mrbroeders]

Will the last one to leave Russia please turn out the lights

[@christianjambou8208]

There is no more light bulbs. ...

[@josimpson7999]

Putin won’t know how to do it - that’s what his minions are for.

[@jaymac7203]

This is what happens when a country of people are apathetic and have no interest in politics. Now they have no voice. I'm baffled how they seem surprised.

[@if6was985]

It's like the British tory party have been taking lessons off of their Russian friends for years....hence the sh!t show running Britain into the ground.

[@jeffreyburris5156]

I think most of them would rather stay alive.

[@lordjimbo2]

At this point if you are a male between 15 and 40 who stays in Russia you have no one to blame but yourself.

[@james.telfer]

Wonder who they'll have to conscript before the Russian public finally revolt? Grandparents? Children? 🤔

[@bremCZ]

Much of the Russian public still believe the govt rhoetoric. Many are still happy that their relatives do their duty.

[@khiem1939]

Well Putin started the "Young Red Brigade" a few years ago, soon they will be sending 12 year old boys and girls to the Ukraine to die!

[@christophermaccarone3157]

Yes! Precisely! Personally..........I think women might be next up. After all, women have served in the military all over the world for decades. Just look at China, North and South Korea, the United States, and European countries. Single women first, of course, 21-30 years old to start off, then expand to married women without children, etc., etc. Desperate times call for desperate measures. We already know about the ever changing re-classifications for conscripting men, prisoners, and now men with life threatening diseases. I think that women would have to be the next logical group. Would this step trigger a mass revolution? Could this action be the proverbial 'stick that broke the camel's back'?

[@thoos192]

Russians still support Putin. They are too stupid and afraid to protest. They got only themselves to blame for losing their people in Ukraine. The longer it goes on, the more they lose. Got to grow some balls, step up and protest against this war if they want to change their future

[@davidyoung5830]

The Police thugs, once they are no longer around to Bully the population Putin really will have lost!

[@susanprentice9668]

Stalin again!

[@seangrimes1559]

This is ever so more clear - a battle of good versus evil. Its so obvious.

[@mivapusa]

Nothing says "We're definitely doing great" like conscription of the elderly and handicapped

[@perfectionbox]

"Look on bright side, my friend: you won't have to worry about your cancer much longer" 🤣

[@D.Frasure]

Today is a good day NOT to be a Russian.

[@sashasullivan4875]

Wait a minute... Didnt Russia always tell the world they have a 1.2 million man standing army? Or was that another lie?

[@sballantine8127]

Sending a recently discharged from the hospital cancer patient to the front without even allowing him to receive things like clothing from his family? When this kind of thing gets around, doesn't this make the Russians hate Putin? How can they ignore such malevolence and evil?

[@7171jay]

Generations of practice.

[@davidyoung5830]

Burnt out Vodkaholics, they dont think they just react violently, just like their troops that have committed so many war crimes!

[@KT-ki6gz]

They hate the West more than they hate Putin

[@Zomboy123456789]

Sheer fuckin stupidity I'd wager.

[@protorhinocerator142]

@Sonomacats This. The Russian people tend to do whatever their fearless leader says. It's not their place to question. They have a peasant mentality going back forever. The French people also had a peasant mentality going back forever. Until their king pushed them just a little too far. Then they had Bastille Day. They rounded up the king and all the nobles, and executed them in the public square. No mercy. It was very bloody and brutal, and at times they turned on their own. But they simply had enough. Even for the Russians there will come a point where enough is enough. They will come for Putin even if he has armed guards. I keep wondering when.

[@east_coast_ceo1070]

The People of Russia must fight their government for changes as we've all done in 2022

[@sherri9300]

Agree they have stand up to Putin .

[@StevenHunterPangians1]

Like the USA People fight their government for changes,?

[@abab-ml1ym]

Whos we all?...south americans? Canadians?... Israelis?...and where was the fight in 2022?...

[@Larimarc]

When mobilization was announced I had sympathy for Russian men. I thought the population would revolt and fight against the regime. But today (12/29/22) I come to find out that 70% of the Russian population still support the war. That is beyond sad.

[@paulhargreaves1497]

Iranian women showing up the Russkie snowflakes...

[@AA-cf4es]

@@paulhargreaves1497 have you seen the outcome of these protests and protesters? The futility if it is obvious. With modern day regime protesting without military support worth nothing.

[@arektrip9727]

The only comment here that makes sense👋 👍

[@havable]

@@AA-cf4es "The futility if it is obvious." Protesting govt cruelty is never futile for those of us who care more about our friends & neighbors than for our own life. What *is* futile is going to Ukraine to fight Ukrainians. Nobody will ever benefit from that.

[@helainewilliams8253]

When you speak out in some countries, it's the last time you speak out, I feel sorry for russian people, but only they can implement change.

[@dboogeman2002]

Maybe this should be considered war crime but it's really a crime against humanity

[@berniecom728]

And all of these killings and nobody in upper official in Russia can't see this is all for nothing and a major disruption in their country.

[@protorhinocerator142]

I'm not even sure anyone made a specific law against this. It's unthinkable.

[@James-yi1vk]

@@protorhinocerator142 laws are only useful to the ability they can be enforced. Otherwise it's an empty threat.

[@delta-allon6882]

Russia has been doing so many war crimes and crimes against humanity daily since 2022 February which I lost count.

[@protorhinocerator142]

@@James-yi1vk Or a one-directional weapon.

[@williammccoy7127]

Every conscript is a los of the work force. That will have consequences att some point.

[@TesterAnimal1]

Send the people who make the cruise missiles to the front as the next human wave. Perfect ruSSian tactic.

[@MountainRaven1960]

Their mobilisation notice is effectively a death warrant.

[@protorhinocerator142]

Not just the cancer patients though. The smart ones already fled the country.

[@pasheg4345]

Yes, and it is so by design. With hydrocarbon revenues dropping through the floor, Putin's regime has no way to sustain the current population of Russia. Also jobless and penniless young people (that are already in the millions) might pose a threat to internal stability. That's why they're sent to war without any training and proper equipment - they're to be killed. If they also manage to inflict significant casualties on Ukrainians and capture some territory - even better, but it's not the primary objective.

[@s.m.1354]

Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatul One Ring to rule them all, One ring to find them; One ring to bring them all and in darkness bind them. Putin fell for the trap, his and his allies souls are mine.

[@automedoniliad3269]

And Ukraines not?

[@firefuzedark1792]

@@automedoniliad3269 no it's not

[@chrismichael6048]

" you are expected to die for me，one way or another " - pootein

[@Lords1997]

If Russians want asylum in Europe, let them join the foreign legion fighting in Ukraine!! These people are still Russian patriots who support Russia but refuse to dirty their hands with fighting or likewise had the financial means to leave the nation and avoid conscription.

[@Dexorfs]

That sounds fair until you look at the decision that has to be made. "If you decide to defect from your home, to a place where you have nothing, go put your life on the line to fight against the regime you are escaping from. Or since *somebody* is forcing you to fight in the conflict anyway, just stay home and be shipped to the frontline on Russia's side." It is generally a bad idea to give people ultimatums which they have no reason to accept, and which not being accepted is a loss for you.

[@Vbluevital]

I agree 💙💛

[@peterrose5373]

I think the phrase you're after is less "dirty their hands" and more "risk their own hides".

[@the_real_glabnurb]

In theory yes, but the problem for Ukraine is not manpower but equipment/ammo and training. For Russia it is lack of manpower and training.

[@bcamping1]

Russian men need to go into hiding and wait this war out. Frontline soldiers are not even real enemy of Ukraine, its the artillery behind them. Trying to leave country now is a gamble.

[@pliashmuldba]

Those guys do not look overly enthusiastic about saving mother Russia.

[@gregiles908]

Saving Mother Russia from the defenders of another Nation is the best they have.

[@218Flows]

They are not saving mother Russia, they are saving daddy Putin's ego

[@tomrogers9467]

Too stupid and drunk to know what’s happening!

[@alexcarter8807]

If by "Mother Russia" you mean "Putin's lavish lifestyle" yeah...

[@safe-keeper1042]

Dude, they should be overjoyed and moved to manly tears with patriotism for being selected to -Disarm and denazify Ukraine- -Help secure Donbass and Luhansk- Liberate them from whatever is going on over there, as one young Russian draftee put it when interviewed.

[@thomasstephens3743]

During my time in the military we had a saying, "hurry up and wait." I see the Russian army has a saying too; "hurry up and die!"

[@shadydayday]

Your comrade when you hurry up and do die they just pay your pro bono to the next guy in line that’s the Russian way wey

[@shadydayday]

Your right* lol

[@doctorfiber1]

Nicely said Thomas!

[@abcdedfg8340]

"Some of you may die, but thats a sacrifice im willing to make" - futurama

[@berniecom728]

Excuse me for saying this, but I saw news films on World War 2 were the Nazi Germans rushing Jews into deep tranches only to be executed, if this is not a repeat of what Putin in doing to his people drafting them unwilling and sending them to be executed then I don't know what is. And for what?

[@TIRFemcel]

Bro cancer patients have to be the most unlucky people in Russia 1) Born in Russia 2) Got cancer 3) Still got drafted anyways Thats actually ruthless i feel so bad

[@havable]

I don't feel sorry for this guy tho. He wanted other Russians to die in Ukraine so he himself should go die for Putin.

[@zapzazarap9331]

And they got no opiodes or morphin for their dying patients..not allowed.Its insane

[@MrBudgiejoe]

The entire Russian nation is sick and beyond help. There is no hope for Russians. Slava Ukraine 💛💛💛💙💙💙

[@josimpson7999]

Yep! They are totally finished for centuries.

[@AA-cf4es]

Wow, nice nationalism. I am a female, that lived in Russia all her life. All my adult life i were against Putin. I went to Bolotnaya protests (i guess you, who are talking so bug, don't even know what is it). Have you heard about Feminist anti-military initiative? I guess not. You see only what you are showed. Am i a subhuman to you? Do i not deserve to live? Putin is pure evil, but you are made from the same stuff.

[@stevesoltysiak1161]

China, Finland, and Japan are “licking their chops” watching Russia get Mismanaged while these Scores are waiting to be settled:)

[@K1lostream]

Are you ok?

[@luisreyes1963]

What's China's beef with Russia? 🤨

[@abcdedfg8340]

Lol, cant tell if your a bot or not. But finland and japan generally accept the past is the past. Now the ccp, well they just make lots of stuff lmao

[@markaguilera493]

@@luisreyes1963 Kamtchatka.

[@Digmen1]

@@luisreyes1963 Russia took half of Siberia and Vladivostock from China

[@Glostahdude]

Can you imagine the utter chaos and devastation if Ruzzia had to fight a REAL WAR against the US?!

[@MrJdsenior]

I don't think China will be much different, other than the humongous population. but unfortunately, we may get to see that. If POOTler is stupid enough to do something like pop a nuke in Ukraine, we will almost certainly see it there, too. And yeah, it would be an obliteration. Russian troops would be out of Ukraine in VERY short order, I would predict about three weeks. People don't seem to realize that the materiel we have in that war is about 5% of the total we had at the beginning, in other words, 95% remains. And that 95% is ALL the far larger FAR more dangerous stuff, planes, helis, ships, cruise missiles, intermediate range missiles, etc., etc. Initially, for months, what we had in were almost exclusively 10-40lb 'BACKPACK' carried weapons. Now there are a tiny handful of our least effective MLRS, a few AA systems, an anti radiation rocket (anti radar), and a couple of others. We are all ringing our hands about giving them ATACMS, which is still a fairly short range weapon. Oh, and bombs like JDAMS, weapons like JASSM, and on and on and on. Russians thinking they have ANYTHING that is beyond our equipment, or even close in most cases, is ridiculous. The Russians STILL don't have anything resembling a real 5th gen jet, and we have for 2 1/2 decades now. We are now well into 6th gen development. The ONLY electronics the Russians use are foreign electronics, because they have no capability to produce ICs. One of the reasons they are stealing washing machines and the like.

[@christianfreedom-seeker934]

That is what they are getting ready for. This stopped being about Ukraine. They are going for Poland and possibly Western Europe.

[@alisonsmith4060]

@@christianfreedom-seeker934 I can speak with some knowledge about the Polish mindset towards Russia - Poland's citizens hate Russia bitterly and will never accept Russian rule since the fall of the Soviet Union. I would expect that the Polish people would fight to the last man.

[@AC-gu9ks]

Conventionally russia stands no chance against the US but unconventionally things start to blur.

[@anandazen30]

Putin is a cruel human being. His soul needs help

[@noellealissa2206]

Does he still have one?

[@frankwood7878]

He needs to go to hell now 🔥👺👹😈

[@anandazen30]

@@noellealissa2206 not really!

[@johnhopkins6260]

As general Shoe-goo makes the new conscription announcements, Vlad pretends to be scribbling furiously on a piece of paper... will not even look them in the eye.

[@seamusobrien2675]

Reviewing window, throwing -out-of list, next round. Like his mentor Stalin Little Mr P takes these things personally.

[@1digitalsmith]

bz writing wire transfers to his banks & lunch menu order

[@ramhammer10-4]

Lol

[@lionelhowell4972]

@@seamusobrien2675 These people are CRAZY!! even drafting people that can barely WALK? and fresh out of surgery with no recovery time? it doesn't make any difference how many he sends none of them KNOWS that land better than the Ukrainians. I said this from day-1with the help of the US and NATO, our Commanders will keep on providing INTELLIGENCE to put them in the best possible strategic positions to dismantle Russian occupiers..

[@thomassecurename3152]

Brilliant and accurate; Shoe-goo

[@kathleenmann7311]

Cancer patients- a very low thing to do 😠🐛🪱🧌

[@havable]

He was pro war. Let him go die for it since he wanted others to die for it when he thought his cancer was a shield against military service.

[@zyguli]

That's the government they chose by not opposing to it.

[@catherineandpaulfuters2523]

Stay strong and never give up 🇪🇺🇺🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦🇬🇧

[@steveharrell2871]

Hitler would be proud

[@guillermobeltran7811]

All the glory to the brave people of Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@1God1Rule]

Akk thuuu Ukraine Glory to Russia ❤️❤️

[@paulhargreaves1497]

@@1God1Rule Guess you've already volunteered then?

[@toddr2265]

@@1God1Rule Your enlistment rep was looking for you

[@barbarianarmwrestling8695]

The reality for the conscripted readying themselves feels eerily akin to those in concentration camps being processed for the gas chamber.

[@ericericson4]

Except it isn't a few groups they don't like. It is the entire male population.

[@protorhinocerator142]

Ouch! Yeah it really does have the same vibe. Nightmare fuel.

[@havable]

@@ericericson4 "Except it isn't a few groups they don't like. It is the entire male population" It could be that Putin's ego is so tiny that he views all other males as his enemy.

[@ericericson4]

@@havable I think, he places no value on life, and sees people as a commodity to be used and discarded

[@pugnome]

More akin to how Hitler forced the elderly, sick, and children to die in Berlin while him and his general were in his bunker killing themselves and their kids because he knew he was going to be made an example

[@liam6170]

At this point Russias defeat seems inevitable

[@protorhinocerator142]

Not just the army. The whole country. Soon there won't be any Russians left to fight. Putin is killing off his own nationality.

[@z0634]

You live in a western bubble though. A Russian guy who only watches Russian news propaganda is thinking the exact opposite right now.

[@paulhargreaves1497]

Give them a bottle of enlistment vodka to speed things up too!

[@peterossk5318]

i really hoping putin will not be too desperate to use nukes

[@jenniferhoyte2644]

Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦💪💪👍

[@user-gq8ep8ry2v]

Glory to your sanctions cowgirl

[@ajschannel162]

@@user-gq8ep8ry2v cry about it

[@Inoffensive_name]

@@user-gq8ep8ry2v Stay mad, fascist

[@gandalfstormcrow2486]

@@user-gq8ep8ry2v All 30 NATO countries and 17 out of the top 20 most powerful economies in the world are going to destroy Russia, Haji. Better get those rupees up front. They're not even paying their soldiers.

[@_wanted_outlaw3007]

@@user-gq8ep8ry2v all hail the glorious washing machine!

[@melvinjohnson2074]

Most of theses Soviets are single use soldiers, good only for human wave assaults.

[@flybeep1661]

Soviets?? Loooool.

[@juhajuntunen7866]

Useless in modern war

[@frankwood7878]

I BET THEY HATE POOPTIN, SHOEGOO, & LAVRAT

[@TIRFemcel]

Soviets actually didn't use human wave tactics that's a popular myth.

[@havable]

@@TIRFemcel "that's a popular myth" They used it in the Winter War in 1939 when they invaded Finland without knowing *jack squat* about fighting in snow. Russia had known how to fight in snow *prior to* 1939 but Stalin murdered all his military officers when he was taking megalomaniac control over the Red Army so the institutional knowledge was lost and they had to learn it all over again. Lucky for them they figured it out before Nazi Germany invaded. Its also a "popular myth" that only Russia knows how to fight in the snow. And frankly, they don't. Not right now anyway. Most of their troops quit after the conscription is up so they have very little to zero institutional knowledge. And Russian officers are given almost no agency or decision making power so why bother to learn about tactics in particular conditions when you don't make orders in any case? And the Red Army itself is now led by oligarchs not soldiers. Oligarchs don't know jack squat about fighting in the snow. Ukrainians never forgot how to fight in the snow. And they have a professional army that isn't so mistreated that most troops stick around and make a career of it. A lot more do that than the US Army which probably makes the Ukraine army, soldier for soldier, the mightiest in the world. At least the most experienced without a doubt. Putin was an absolute moron to attack a country whose military is far more professional than his. But he believed he'd win for the same reason his hero Adolf believed *he* would win: racism. Racism causes the racist to underestimate his opponents. And that is what happened to both Adolf and Vlad.

[@protorhinocerator142]

In the plus side, now these guys won't die of cancer.

[@hanslaurentius4618]

What I really love to know, if any SON or other family member is on the Frontline from the heroic Russian Government??? Best example Mr. Dmitry Peskov Son who officially refused to be drafted!..

[@nicktechnubyte1184]

Looking forward to seeing Ukraine 🇺🇦 becoming a fully united country again free from all russian interference and russia being completely dissolved and turned into separate smaller countries with no military power whatsoever! SLAVA UKRAINE 🇺🇦!!!!

[@user-gq8ep8ry2v]

Can you even speak Ukrainian ?

[@khiem1939]

Soon as Russia loses in the Ukraine, the Chinese PLA who owns most new businesses, high rises and other facilities in Eastern Russia will just ANNEX Eastern Russia! Since most of the populace in that area are Asians, who would rather be part of China!

[@bobeatadic]

Yes YES!!!YES!!!

[@nicktechnubyte1184]

@@user-gq8ep8ry2v what does that have to do with anything? How do I know you actually speak English?! For all we know you're using an online translation program!

[@whoisme678]

😳 cancer patients ???

[@tanjiro2507]

To the last Russian! Putin 🤭

[@protorhinocerator142]

I will fight you to the last breath in their bodies!

[@colorbugoriginals4457]

by the time the people decide to rise up, no one who physically can will be left.

[@gailhasler8435]

The best thing is to surrender asap. 😪😪😪😪😪

[@tanvaras9961]

Desperation of a despot, throwing all his people under the bus. Sooner Poo-Can is in the Hague for War Crimes the better.

[@eric00921]

The sign of desperation. Glory to Ukraine, Glory to the Heros.

[@user-gq8ep8ry2v]

Heroes of what, Eric?

[@degoose2447]

@@user-gq8ep8ry2v very obvious

[@philipds9813]

Victory and glory to Ukraine - 💛💙 Slava Ukraini ! 💛💙

[@DisruptiveWealthCreation]

Glory to Ukraine, Glory to its Heroes .... Ukraine, above all Else !

[@myelvid]

This is normal in Russia

[@JenGM24]

This isn't a military operation anymore, this is madness.

[@captainalex157]

it was always madness

[@codylarkhart261]

How hard is it to send 20 Kamikaze drones to Putin when he is on the street?

[@4_youtube_is_dead]

interesting

[@markwilson2992]

"Yeah, well they were gonna die anyways. Might as well die for the Motherland. I mean, 104K+ already have. What makes him special."

[@Legendary33284]

But even if the sick people die in the war it isn't "for the motherland" at this point it is only for an attempt to get Putin's legacy back to where it was before the war. Crimea was Putin's entire legacy and now it's likely he won't even have that. His legacy will be losing a war he picked vs a country 1/10th the size, destroying all progress the Russian economy has built over the past 30 years, killing 100k citizens, chasing away millions more, and losing Crimea. He will go down as a case study of how to not run a dictatorship. Dying for Putin has negative value if you care about the motherland.

[@frankwood7878]

RUSSIANS 🇷🇺 HATE POOPTIN, SHOEGOO, & LAVRAT

[@patricelajoie2383]

So funny to see Putin taking notes🤣🤣🤣

[@machtschnell7452]

He is listening to Zelenskyy.

[@protorhinocerator142]

I must not lose this war. I must not lose this war. I must not lose this war. I must not lose this war.

[@jacobheinz8236]

PooTin was frantically signing death warrants for all Russians.

[@almiromeragic9341]

No, he's just doing what Amber Heard did... Acting like she's writing notes.

[@helainewilliams8253]

It probably read's, were f. D.

[@garkmr6200]

It has always amazed me how people (all people) can be led to their destruction by others in government. There are more of us than them. By a huge margin. Like the old Vietnam slogan… “What if they had a war, but nobody came?”

[@panic7659]

Would love to see a day were that Vietnam slogan would come to pass, we unfortunately never will tho.

[@lenileman785]

yes let them continue to make mistakes.. Ukraine remains strong…. actually the mobilization they are preparing, will lead them to death…. they are actually afraid of facing the Ukrainian military...the Ukrainian military is great, awsome 💙💛🔱

[@havable]

As a veteran of the US Army, I consider the Ukrainian military to be the finest on the planet. One reason the US Army is so feared is b/c many of our troops stick around long beyond their initial enlistment. So they get more experienced and better at their jobs. The Ukrainian army has an even higher retention rate.

[@janpawel1297]

Poor guys im sorry for them being forced to serve.

[@carlosfranceschi4591]

Don't feel sorry for people who hated the west and peace in Europe their as much at fault for this. They've supported putin and all his bullshit.

[@arektrip9727]

Sorry? Co oni robili jak wojna trwała już prawie rok. Ktoś z nich protestował?

[@vbadimothebadassjackass8011]

@@arektrip9727 Do they look like they’re in the right condition to protest?

[@arektrip9727]

@@vbadimothebadassjackass8011 the whole nation dont look well?

[@Jolteon52]

I'm not sorry for rapists and murderers.

[@josepesos]

Once again proves my point that all the good ones, particularly those who could afford it, have left and those who stayed are part of the fascist beast. Not counting those too poor to escape.

[@WhatHappenedIn-vt3vq]

Unfortunately word seems to be the poor are the ones mostly being sent. The UN has been warning how it is for decades now too

[@AA-cf4es]

You do realise that bigger part of the population is too poor to escape?

[@ettoreatalan8303]

Those who are reasonably healthy and still live in Putin's fascist klepto-dictatorship don't need to complain when they are mobilized. There was enough time to flee. Your own life or even non-participation in war crimes (perhaps hard to understand for Muscovites) should be worth a lot of effort when fleeing. It remains to be seen whether Muscovite women will also be mobilized soon. There are already rumors of this.

[@noellealissa2206]

They have been mobilized already.

[@paulhargreaves1497]

Comfort women?

[@AA-cf4es]

Df is "muscovite"

[@goldienorman9402]

Yes I have heard the same thing... Children taking notes home to their Mums... A questionnaire..... How do you rate your fitness??? Etc etc... Wouldn't put it past Pootin 😡

[@donaldkasper8346]

They don't expect him to live long enough to worry about the cancer.

[@Kfuglif]

Heartbreaking. Human tragedy.

[@LilPisi]

Avoidable. Why we allow putin to commit horrific war crimes and send his male population to their inevitable death I compare to Hitler being allowed to do what he did while everyone watched and were horrified at the aftermath. No one is intervening here. Only sending more weapons to continue and rise the death toll. That's what's tragic. No one is stopping him. One man could stop it all yet everyone does nothing.

[@abab-ml1ym]

Yeah we deal with that on a smaller scale with all the corruption and non accountability here in the usa.

[@oldsagerat]

This is the price people pay for decades of complacency about government affairs. I remember reading National Geographic magazine articles back in the late sixties interviewing Russian people. Their combined attitude was everything was best left to the government, while standing in a bread line. I'm an American, so I'm not bragging, but our armed services are not conscripts. Something very drastic is going to have to happen for anything to change.

[@protorhinocerator142]

The US military has improved greatly as a result of ending the draft. Draftees don't want to be there, have limited training, and have a hard time coping. An all-volunteer military is much more effective in a war.

[@gregorywhite9095]

This is great point. If you don't have worry about your basic - and I mean basic - needs being met you do become complacent and dependent.

[@NikosKatsikanis]

Roght

[@TesterAnimal1]

It still is like that. Just look at the 1420 KZbin channel which interviews people on the streets. They are fucking SUPINE.

[@MrJdsenior]

They were offered some freedoms from Putin in exchange for staying out of his hair, and they do. And yes, it was pounded in from the USSR until now, the 'don't even think about it' part, it's just that the USSR had a bit different mode for dealing with it when it got out of hand.

[@ironseabeelost1140]

I'm very happy for them. May their military career be very short and filled with horror.

[@KameraShy]

And if they return home breathing, a lifetime of PTSD.

[@protorhinocerator142]

@@KameraShy Cancer patients. They don't even have food at the front lines. Don't expect any advanced cancer treatments.

[@FOROW99]

They'll bring all these crimes that they've been taught and back home. Bunch of hardened criminals in your population. This is your legacy Putin

[@MrJdsenior]

@@KameraShy And all the raping, pillaging, torturing, and killing they learned in Ukraine. It is already beginning according to a phone call back to Russia from the front that was intercepted. And the wife was an IDIOT. He told her to stay inside except for absolute essentials and to dress in covering baggy clothes with no makeup. Her response was "Why?", and this was the sentence after she broke the news to him. Ya gotta wonder.

[@heygeggan]

You happy for innocent people dying for a sick dictator?

[@ailscraft]

this is so sad

[@johnhopkins6260]

"New Recruits": self-propelled sandbags for bunkers

[@johnhough4445]

Putin is looking tired, and his face is puffy. Is it possible that he's thinking (even just a little bit) that he may perhaps have goofed?

[@noimnotarobotcanubeleiveit7024]

maybe he should stick his nose in the marching powder like his enemy uses to feel refreshed, and 10% for hunter

[@peterrose5373]

he's probably mad that the rest of the world is ganging up on him. nobody has ever been treated as unfairly as him. (wait, wrong president?)

[@cann0708]

@@noimnotarobotcanubeleiveit7024 he's been doing it for years in his private mansion

[@daviddevault8700]

Ok I'm speaking as a combat veteran. When we mobilized we had to go get medical, dental, legal and mental health evaluation. Induction of a man unable to be made fit to serve is a liability. Now being inducted into the US Military with cancer would be great. You would end up at a military hospital, salary, free medical care. If you were discharged then it would be disability and free care at the VA hospital. As an American civilian it would be unable to work, less disability and huge medical bills.

[@arektrip9727]

In Russia you have no rights and nobody cares.

[@havable]

As a veteran you get free care at VA hospitals regardless. Its the best hospital system on the planet as well. Their stats blow every other hospital system out of the water. You literally *can't pay* for healthcare this good because no for-profit hospital is capable of providing it. I'm a patient at two VAs, and have also been to plenty of St. Elsewhere's and St. Hedgefunds, all of which tried to rip me off and who ignored their own timers they set to check on my vitals when I was in danger of a stroke. Those hospitals where you pay them money, they always abuse you; because they're so busy trying to profit off you they forget to actually treat you. They're so lax that prior to covid outbreak, medical errors were the top cause of death in the US. But at VA hospitals medical errors were less than one tenth of one percent. And yet, the corporate media always smears the VA whenever its mentioned. I guess corporations don't like excellence, esp not when it comes from a socialist, rather that corporate, source. I love Bernie Sanders but if I were in his shoes I'd be arguing for VA care for all, because Medicare still uses the corrupt hedge fund run hospital system that kills patients for profit.

[@SingWithUkraine]

💙💛 💪 Glory to Ukraine! 🇺🇸 ❤🇺🇦

[@user-gq8ep8ry2v]

Glory to Russia 🇷🇺 🇩🇰❤🇷🇺 We don’t need 🇺🇸 ants on danish soil either, so pls spare us for your hitleristic nature …

[@bidenschef7462]

@@user-gq8ep8ry2v you are a Russian coward.

[@johnhough4445]

Everyone says that, but what does it mean? Perhaps it would be better worded as "Victory to Ukraine!" (Those ancient Spartans won 'glory' ... but I think they lost their point.)

[@user-gq8ep8ry2v]

@@johnhough4445 facts I think it’s a pro Ukrainian 🤖 robo-cut with non independent influence

[@khiem1939]

@@johnhough4445 Think YOU lost the POINT!

[@scvcebc]

They need to read "The Mythical Man Month." Just throwing more people at a problem can actually make it worse.

[@TesterAnimal1]

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

[@debrabosch5540]

Russian Granny is coming with her old rusty gun.

[@videomaniac108]

Yes, extend conscription from age 12 to age 60 with no exemptions for medical conditions or occupation.

[@Mr11ESSE111]

Cancer patients especially because politicians will say they don't have nothing for lose

[@saffloweroyl3663]

Hear that scream?

[@mho...]

they cant import the medicine anymore anyways^^

[@Mr11ESSE111]

@@mho... they can like everything , russian stores are filled with more foid and lower prices then this in EU or USA!!i feel poor when i see their stores and choice and here in EU just like prices

[@emiiliaolausson5559]

@@Mr11ESSE111 well, also the salaries within EU are much higher. So even if the prices for food are higher, people normally do not have to spend a large part of their salaries to buy food for themselves. In most European countries there are even food charities available for those with very small income. But I'm happy to hear that there is enough food and medicines for people in RF, even if their prices have gone up (almost 30% during 2022). According to Russian statistics, sales of most common medicines has dropped this year, and so has the consumption of most expensive food stuff like meat and dairy. According to same statistics, consumption of alcohol has simultaneously increased by almost 10 %. All this is most certainly because people have become more healthy, not needing their common medicines anymore, they have decided to follow a more planet-friendly diet and turned into vegetarians and vegans, and decided to celebrate their joyous life more often. 😊

[@Mr11ESSE111]

@@emiiliaolausson5559 not lot of higher around 2-3x if that

[@clementng7718]

For evil men will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land. A little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found. But the meek will inherit the land and enjoy great peace. Psalm 37:9-11

[@gregorywhite9095]

When was this written? Thousands of years ago and nothing has changed. Here's a quote: "Out of the crooked timber of humanity no straight thing was ever made." A great quote by Emmanuel Kant that tells the truth and, unlike the Bible, threatens no one.

[@havable]

Uh, you do realize that the hyper-religious Nazi country called Russia is murdering Ukrainains and using your christian religion as a tool to do so, right?

[@danw918]

I mean if the purpose of having a strong country is for a decent standard of living for most residents, these guys already lost.

[@4runner4ever83]

If you are a russian soldier, it will be wise not to fight and just wave a white flag and surrender to ukraine if you want to still see your family.

[@seamusobrien2675]

Hopefully you will be made POW by someone whos mother, father, child or grandmother has not recently been sexually abused by your Russian comrades. Otherwise white flag or not might be a zero sum game. The best way to see your family ever again is to go home on mass and hide in the woods till it is all over.

[@kochamboga3230]

Yes but surrender is not always possible. The best way to avoid this madness is run from the country.

[@DavidBennell]

this just gets you shot in the back from your own side, other Russians don't just let you surrender.

[@AA-cf4es]

Are you naive or plain stupid? Your own officers shoot you in the back

[@808pineapple]

Heartbreak, despair and frustration, these emotions are the result of Putin’s actions against Ukraine. Global solidarity, strength, compassion and courage is the response from Ukraine, it’s leadership and citizens that find hope for a better world where freedom reigns. Bless Ukraine and those that support them. And may Russia’s madness under authoritarian rule end once and for all.

[@Vbluevital]

Very well said.

[@edthoreum7625]

WHAT IF RUSSIA AND BELARUS TAKE ALL UKRAINE? HOPE ALL RUSSIAN SABOTAGE THE MISSION ,,, HOPE IS ALSO ON THE HACKERS TO INFILTRATE COMMUNICATION & TRANSPORT

[@basedeal]

Global solidarity? This is a nation fighting for its independence of the new world order and those sons of bitches WEF-WHO!!! 🖕🖕🖕

[@berniecom728]

Doesn't Putin sounds like Hitler? Hitler hated the Jews, Putin hates the Ukraine's, Putin's is killing men women and Childrens and executing elderly's destroying hospitals, schools, churches, and any infrastructure for the purpose to take the land. Putin is very much a sick person.

[@808pineapple]

@@edthoreum7625 Rusia y Bielorrusia no tienen ninguna posibilidad contra EE. UU. y la OTAN. militar. Rusia no lo está haciendo bien contra Ucrania. Esperemos que Putin no utilice armas nucleares. 👪

[@simonloewenstein2581]

such a shame

[@weather4lifeyar509]

Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@rebeccagibson7881]

why don't they recruit the chunkers, I mean the truckers, they can be rolled for efficiency and Canada can't afford them when they get older.

[@d.b.1176]

Off to the meat grinder Dadushka!!!

[@mxracer158]

I'd be saying nah I ain't gonna play in this stupidity. This is Putin's ego and nothing more.

[@christopherwheeler688]

'Russian Human Rights' is an oxymoron.

[@NailahRoberts]

Surely forcing a cancer patient to go fight in a war is a crime?

[@cheebacheeobusiness3893]

Puthlers motto - ALL FOR ONE 😏🍖🥩

[@james.telfer]

"All for ME" ? 😬

[@vksasdgaming9472]

"One for me and all for me as well. "

[@lynnkayee1015]

AND ONE FUCKS ALL

[@JiveCinema]

I caught the My Hero A reference 😉

[@protorhinocerator142]

@@JiveCinema Putin is no Wall Might.

[@mission3479]

Breaking news: Russia has mobilized pets. All dogs, cats, rabbits, etc are required to sign up for the war

[@havable]

They should start with rabbits because they are far fiercer than Wagner Group Nazis.

[@webds]

Soon they will be drafting senior citizens. So desperate

[@vripscript]

"everyone is drafted" is a bold title there is like 146 million peeps living/existing there

[@havable]

And Putin plans to fight to the very last one. Even cancer patients, if you bothered to watch the video.

[@kylonjones5678]

Exactly people really think Russia will send 146 million to Ukraine hell nah😂😂😂😂

[@jasperedwards2713]

why is there no mutiny

[@dayforit1750]

Russians are cowards.

[@peterrose5373]

the troops behind you have weapons that actually work, (unlike yours) and orders to shoot you if you twitch funny.

[@mho...]

multigenerational indoctrination ?!

[@vanhoanh7314]

Thanks you Ukraine stay strong hero Ukraine glory Ukraine 👍👍👍💪💪💪🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@user-gq8ep8ry2v]

Can you please articulate on a level more understandable? Glory to Russia 🇷🇺?

[@bidenschef7462]

Russia will starve.

[@lynnkayee1015]

Very special indeed.

[@syproful]

Having cancer in Russia, and the saying “it’s a death sentence” takes a new dimension here.

[@havable]

I'd feel sorry for him if he wasn't a pro war activist. I figure anyone pushing war had better be prepared to go die for it. But see its always old men who push wars. In this case its a young man, but he had what old men have: no fear of being the one to go fight the war. Now he doesn't have that. Good. Poetic justice. If only he could die more than once.

[@Zoberist]

Russia must throw bodies at the problem since their weapon systems sxxk. The Ukrainians are smart. They developed much of Russia's military weapons systems. What happens when they acquire a nuclear device and a means of delivering it to Moscow? What happens, then? We should be training the Ukrainians on the F-35.

[@thefastandthedead1769]

Slava Ukraini!