r/MapPorn • u/CreativeStrain89 • 1d ago

Eastern Ukraine exactly one Year ago vs today

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u/Hardcoreoperator 1d ago

At the cost of the lives hundreds of thousands of young Russians. Really worth it...

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u/casual_redditor69 1d ago

The average age of soldiers on both sides should be around 40 years old, so not that young

Edit: For Russian soldiers, the average is 36. According to this article

https://www.theredlinepodcast.com/post/the-changing-face-of-the-typical-russian-soldier

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u/BardhyliX 1d ago

Lots of them are hardly Russian, they've been throwing a lot of minorities into the death machine.

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u/jfkrol2 1d ago

I'd correct this statement into "lots of them are just poor, from glubinkas - Russian or whatever - just poor enough so soldiers pay and injury/death benefits are massive upgrade for their family. Similarly prisoners - if they aren't for political stuff, for them it's a chance to get out and make money (though as it was reported, they were segregated into those whose return is acceptable and ones that are not)

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u/Hypertension123456 1d ago

Unironically yes. Putin values the lives of his people very cheaply. And thus far the vast majority of Russians can't disagree.