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C0RI0LANUS

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2. Agree. The US Army prosecuted its own soldiers for war crimes over the years. With Russia this is now SOP.

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Fri Jan 24, 2025, 07:08 AM

Jan 2025

And with Kiev wanting to join NATO and the EU, they won't tolerate war crimes from their soldiers. Putin's megalomania exposed many weaknesses and accelerated the decline of his nation, the opposite of his original goal of a powerful all-Slavic union led by the Kremlin.

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The Russian military is without dignity Mike 03 Jan 2025 #1

Agree. The US Army prosecuted its own soldiers for war crimes over the years. With Russia this is now SOP. C0RI0LANUS Jan 2025 #2

They are barbarians... 2naSalit Jan 2025 #3

Hi 2naSalit. Remarkable that Russia gave us Tchaikovsky, Nureyev, Tolstoy, then Stalin, Beria, and Putin. C0RI0LANUS Jan 2025 #4

I know! 2naSalit Jan 2025 #5

Agree. Who were Russia's leaders? Czars and despots. Catherine the Great and Piotr Viliki were "enlightened." C0RI0LANUS Jan 2025 #7

The orcs don't even treat them selfs with dignity or respect. Shooting troops that retreat. They call them mitch96 Jan 2025 #10

This really hurts my heart to see this..nt mitch96 Jan 2025 #6

This is a sickening and appalling tragedy. The Ukrainians will get justice one day. The Mossad finally got C0RI0LANUS Jan 2025 #8

I can easily see how Ukrainian troops would retaliate to this atrocity. They capture ruzzian troops and treat them like mitch96 Jan 2025 #9

Update: Via OSINT, the Ukrainians apparently identified the main perpetrator: a drug addict. C0RI0LANUS Jan 2025 #11