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[–] 205 points 4 weeks ago (21 children)

About two weeks ago, another Penza resident reported that her 61-year-old husband, who has no teeth, suffers from hearing problems, and has a disabled arm, was summoned to the military enlistment office on Skladskaya Street. According to her, he was suffocated with a plastic bag and forced to sign a contract.

She said that her husband had previously fought in the war in 2022 and returned home after being wounded. Their son has also been mobilized.

.ml users will continue to support Russia and Putin though...

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  • [–] 61 points 4 weeks ago* (14 children)

    I am surprised they haven't downvoted this comment yet.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 weeks ago (11 children)

    It looks like there's one who downvoted many people. I'm assuming it just hasn't been seen by them yet. We're also in .world, which is defederated from them, so they won't see it without alts.

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  • [+] 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (9 children)
  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

    Is it not? I know it is from hexbear. I thought .ml was too. It's hard to keep track of all that, especially since I'm from a different instance.

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  • [+] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (6 children)
  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

    pretty much everyone here who isn't aggressively anti-china and anti-soviet union

    This is pretty indicative of the issue. The Soviet Union hasn't existed for quite a while now! The people defending modern day authoritarian Russia are no Communists, or Marxist-leninists. They're Authoritarians. They say they're leftist, but they support the oligarchies oppressing the people. That is the furthest thing from leftist.

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  • [+] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)
  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    Ukrainians would rather not be ruled by the Kremlin, be it Soviet or Russian nationalist.

    As you know, Russia's invasion made/makes NATO and EU look better to other countries besides Ukraine.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    You are aware Ukraine only exists as a sovereign country because of the USSR right? Ukraine was never an independent nation before the USSR. The USSR gave many of the peoples and nations of the old Russian empire their own republics. It was a big part of the Soviet project. They had a congress that was democratically elected, but their version of a “senate” was actually a “nation and people’s” congress, where 2 representatives of each nation, ethnicity or people would gather and have the power to veto laws etc. like a senate does.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    FWIW,

    wp:Ukrainian People's Republic

    The Ukrainian People's Republic (UPR)[d][e] was a short-lived state in Eastern Europe. Prior to its proclamation, the Central Council of Ukraine was elected in March 1917 as a result of the February Revolution, and in June declared Ukrainian autonomy within Russia, which was later recognized by the Russian Provisional Government. Following the October Revolution, the Central Council of Ukraine denounced the Bolshevik seizure of power and proclaimed the establishment of the Ukrainian People's Republic in the approximate territory Russian governorates of Kiev, Volhynia, Kharkov, Kherson, Yekaterinoslav, Poltava, Chernigov and Podolia. The republic formally declared its independence from Russia on 22 January 1918.

    A lot of stuff happened that year.

    The October Revolution came after the February one.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    I'm in an instance that is federated with pretty much everything. I interact with Hexbear and .ml people fairly frequently. Sure, some hold a reasonable view where what Russia is doing is bad. Many enthusiastically support Russia though.

    I've listened to them, and try to enter discussions in good faith with an open mind. They will frequently say things like saying Russia is leftist, and appealing to the USSR, while not being critical of Russia drafting the people to die in an imperialist invasion of another nation. There is nothing leftist or anti-imperialist about it. They are, at best, anti-western. That's all. If you're anti-imperialist, you can't support Russia's continual invasion of other countries, and ethnic cleansing.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    The average .ml user is even more detached from reality than Putin, Trump or any other politican.

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