I just saw some videos of a drone blowing up an oil refinery in Moscow and i do not follow the war closely.

How concerning is that they are able to hit Moscow?

Are the attacks being overplayed by western media?

BTW, also please tell me if this is too lazy of a post lol

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    Thank you for asking, I also want to know. Also the Ukraine is now saying Russia are kidnapping men off the streets for conscript.

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      Well, on the one hand we have hundreds of videos from Ukraine showing the Kiev regime’s thugs doing this on an almost daily basis, and no one is even trying to deny it, everyone knows it’s happening. Ukrainians now regularly fight back against recruiters to save people from abduction and sometimes even torch their vehicles.

      On the other hand we’ve seen no such videos from Russia or even credible reports of this happening in Russia. Russia has had no shortage of people signing volunteer contracts so it has not yet had to resort to real mobilization. So this accusation is pure projection. It’s like if Israel were to accuse Iran of bombing schools with F-35 jets.

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        Yeah, I wonder about our comrade who was trying to avoid this grim outcome. I do hope they’re alright.

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          Me too. I also hope this fosters a sense of community among Ukrainians who now have to come to each other’s defense to protect their friends, family and neighbors from being abducted by the conscription vans.

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      They’ve also been saying that the entire war & I’ve seen them doing things to recruits that echo Operation Condor (they posted them so I don’t have any doubt about it) so you’ll have to forgive me for being dismissive. Russia has avoided conscription the entire time, with the exception of some of Prigozhin’s forces drawing from prison. I’m not sure how much that was based on people signing up from within, but it’s coercive regardless lol, I’d want to get out of prison immediately even if it meant getting droned, & then regret it.

      Based on the #s the Russians now outnumbering the Ukrainians is due to NATO running out of Ukrainians & MoD recuitment going steady.