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Russia Downscales Its War, But Not in Brutality

War on the Rocks

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Do You Think Russian Units Engaged in Wanton Killing?

There's speculation about which brigade specifically did it, and people will come out with unit numbers and names. I think a lot of western observers aren't aware of what a violent experience it is to join the russian army. So many of the, many of the soldiers fighting in this war, they come from different tnissage, various ses across russia. And often when they get drafted, they show up theydon't know anybody in the millten,. They stick together, and you start getting like these er more gangs of, lets say, degistines oror other national minorities.

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