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AloeVera

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4. Most of them impoverished young men from non-Russian ethnic groups from the backwoods.

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Wed May 27, 2026, 01:43 PM

23 hrs ago

Impoverished, joining to help their families out of poverty or simply drafted.For what?

War is a scourge unleashed by greedy, heartless old men chasing the dreams of Empire and illusions of glory.

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