• Melllvar@startrek.website
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    “We also have information that Russian commanders are threatening to execute entire units if they seek to retreat from Ukrainian artillery fire,” Kirby said.

    Threatening hundreds of armed men doesn’t seem like a smart thing for a commander to do.

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      Threatening hundreds of armed men doesn’t seem like a smart thing for a commander to do.

      They tried that in 1917, too - it most definitely wasn’t a smart thing to do.

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      I distinctly remember a few Russian commanding officers this past year and a half that tried to push a group of armed men into doing something they didn’t want.

      it did not go well for them.

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      This is utterly asinine. The only way to survive artillery when you’re spotted is to run somewhere. The king of battle will zero in and wipe out everyone otherwise.