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GreatShakes66

(79 posts)
2. Similar to the story we saw about Georgian officials....
Sun Feb 27, 2022, 02:22 PM
Feb 2022

...telling Russian ship to fuck off. Which makes me wonder. Hopefully it is true.

Deuxcents

(16,353 posts)
3. These two have been terribly misinformed
Sun Feb 27, 2022, 02:23 PM
Feb 2022

About Ukraine. Maybe they thought they would be welcomed as liberators. Other stories of captured soldiers say they thought it was a military exercise and did not even know where they were

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
5. Exactly, they are brainwashed putzes.
Sun Feb 27, 2022, 02:26 PM
Feb 2022

"Misinformed" seems very kind on your part.

Give them sunflower seeds!


mn9driver

(4,428 posts)
6. It's possible that they believed they would be welcomed.
Sun Feb 27, 2022, 02:39 PM
Feb 2022

Putin paints a picture of a Ukraine run by drug addicted Nazis. It could be that some of these young conscripts actually believe what they are being fed.

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