Ukraine’s Front-Line Troops Are Getting Older: ‘Physically, I Can’t Handle This

Wall Street journal ^

[MNDude]

POKROVSK, Ukraine—During a break from fighting the Russians, an avuncular rifleman recalled how he was going for a haircut one day when he was press-ganged into joining the Ukrainian army.

Three recruitment officials accosted the stocky, gray-haired 47-year-old outside the barber shop in his small hometown, ordered him to get in a car and detained him for two days in a dark room at the local draft center until he had signed up.

[ClearCase_guy]

[DesertRhino]

Volksturm 2023....

[amnestynone]

It is being widely reported that the same thing has been happening with Russian troops. It is probably further along though with them than Ukraine.

[neverevergiveup]

I lay this at Obama and Biden’s feet. Now thousands are dead, families are decimated, and we are three years and billions of dollars into this.

[ARW]

Give it up.

[amnestynone]

are you saying it is anybody’s fault but Putin and Russia? crazy!!!

[marcusmaximus]

Russian landing ship Novocherkassk promoted to submarine tonight.

[MTBobcat]

Hey, suck it up! Rich Americans need to get even more rich laundering money through the assistance of your upcoming death.

[MTBobcat]

Hey, how about you volunteer?

[Reverend Wright]

WSJ reporting this.

All Regime media now on board for “Ukraine is losing” narrative.

[neverevergiveup]

are you saying it is anybody's fault but Putin and Russia? crazy!!!

I'm saying that in a dangerous world, which is the world we live in, those given the responsibility of monitoring world affairs and how they will affect us need to be guided by common sense and a commitment to do what is best for the nation they serve. That didn't happen.

Obama was more concerned with expansion of the socialist EU than doing what was best for the US and monitoring what was happening on the larger world stage. His administration was blindsided by the Russian invasion of Crimea. Remember when a 'hot mike' recorded Obama telling the Russian ambassador to 'tell Vladimir that I will have more flexibility after my reelection'? That kind of foreign policy projects weakness, and invites aggression by others. It's not a coincidence that Putin invaded Crimea just over a year after Obama's reelection. He wasn't worried about the US. We also had a Vice President driven by facilitating and protecting his son's business deals (and his cut) in Ukraine. Hunter Biden and Devon Archer joined the board of Burisma in April 2014, just after Russia invaded Crimea. Devon Archer had been a top advisor to John Kerry in his campaign for the presidency, and when Russia invaded the Ukraine John Kerry was the Secretary of State.

Then we had interference from Vice President Biden in an internal anti-corruption investigation of Burisma - demanding that the prosecutor be immediately fired or Ukraine wouldn't get the billion dollars they were expecting from the US. He wasn't working with the Secretary of State to try to convince Putin that the consequences of further action in Ukraine would be severe. He was getting his cut.

Fast forward to the current Biden administration. Instead of working outside of the public eye, behind the scenes to prevent further incursions into Ukraine by Putin, Biden made toothless public comments, for weeks, stating that Putin was going to invade Ukraine. That was the time for strong leadership. But we didn't get it. We waited until a wider war occurred, and we just send money - while many many people die.

So no, I'm not saying Putin is not responsible, but aggression is encouraged when it isn't discouraged.

[SaveFerris]

Yep

[Inyo-Mono]

True statement!

[cabojoe]

Russian landing ship Novocherkassk promoted to submarine tonight.

It appears that The Putin didn't need that ship to take Maryinka.

[ransomnote]

In the News/Activism forum, on a thread titled Ukraine’s Front-Line Troops Are Getting Older: ‘Physically, I Can’t Handle This, Trumpisourlastchance wrote:

Not to worry. Ukrainian women will be next. The NeoCons want Slavic breeding to end.

Russians Storm Trenches Full Of Ukrainian Female Soldiers. Military Summary And Analysis 2023.11.23

11/23/2023 10:21:33 AM PST · 4 of 41
ransomnote to MNDude

The link below jumps to the part of the video with Ukrainian women in a trench, they are in a conflict with regular Russian army.
https://youtu.be/7Y09279zEQk?t=618

The narrator seems stunned, and I admit it’s hard to watch the two women rustling around their trench,knowing that Russian regular army are coming toward them. There’s no blood; they’re heavily suited up (completely covered) with one firing and one throws a grenade - something I dare not do, because sadly, I really do ‘throw like a girl.’

[Rocco DiPippo]

Winning indeed!