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‘I love my country, but I can’t kill’: Ukrainian men evading conscription (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago

I'd rather be a disgrace than a corpse.

I have a lot of respect for people who are willing to put their lives on the line for a cause. I'm not one of those people, and I can't shame anyone for finding a way out of it. I'm not willing to die for lines on a map.