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Analysis: No Elon Musk, Russian soldiers in Ukraine are not 'kids' who have 'no choice but to fight and die' ->The Kyiv Independent | More on "Russian military conscription and Ukraine" at BigEarthData.ai | #MuskRat #RussiaUkraineWar #StandWithUkraine

kyivindependent.comAnalysis: No Elon Musk, Russian soldiers in Ukraine are not 'kids' who have 'no choice but to fight and die'"We should (have) some sympathy for the poor Russian conscripts too. Those kids have no choice but to fight and die in drone strikes." For anyone watching and understanding Ukraine's years-long struggle for survival, the words of SpaceX founder and world's richest man Elon Musk ring with deep moral bankruptcy. But more importantly, Musk's post on Oct. 25 — made in the middle of a hurricane scandal around the near-trillionaire's throttling of Starlink internet terminals used by the Ukrainian military — badly misrepresents the reality of how Russia staffs its wartime military. The misconception that Russian soldiers are forced to fight against their will in Ukraine is one that has consistently reached the most powerful men in the United States. Earlier this year, U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly lamented the deaths of soldiers on both sides, seemingly equating their suffering and the circumstances under which they found themselves in the trenches. "Every day people are dying. Young handsome soldiers are being killed. Young men, like my sons. On both sides. All over the battlefield," he said in February. "Young, young, beautiful people. They’re like your kids, two million of them — and for no reason." But this sentiment ignores one...

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