GeoConfirmed UKR. "Russian troops moving inside the village of #Urozhaine, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine." 47.750868, 36.818205 GeoLocated by @chris__759 https://
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Troop motifs in Urozhaine, Donetsk
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Women’s unawareness of the realities of war and their husbands’ roles.
20/ "I think they just don't realise that they have to kill other people. And the women don't realise what their husbands have to do. What does the word "war" mean to them? Their husbands go to war and bring in money, but they don't want to think about what is behind it.
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Man drinks whiskey, listens to propaganda, wants to defend homeland, described as brainwashed.
18/ "He drank whiskey all the time and listened to a propaganda song about the war on YouTube: Basta or some of our other pop singers. He said he would go again, that he had to defend his homeland. He was not violent, but brainwashed.
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Soldiers’ post-war conversations: personal stories and first loves, not politics.
14/ "We don't discuss politics. When a man comes from war, he first of all wants to talk about himself and that first love, that first girl who didn't kiss him then or, on the contrary, made him kiss her. And now he asks: "Make me kiss you." It's always very personal.
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Men seeking escape from war trauma
In such cases, men are seeking an escape from the traumas of war. "They come to me for distraction. What's the point of him reliving events that he'll be plunged back into again, say, in a few days?"
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Soldiers’ experiences: brainwashed, trapped in hell, or just coping
11/ Some soldiers are "brainwashed", prostitutes say, while other men "say that they have fought and that they have to go back, but they don't want to, because it's a nightmare and hell there, but they don't see any other way out. Such people behave adequately."
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Russian soldiers hire sex workers, brothels offer ‘punishing Ukrainian women’ fantasy
1/ Russian soldiers are dealing with the stresses of trench warfare by hiring sex workers to entertain them in their dugouts. Meanwhile, Russian brothels are offering soldiers on leave the opportunity to fulfil their fantasy of "punishing bad Ukrainian [women]".
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Ukraine War Alters Russian Sex Work: Loss of Clients, New Competition
2/ A report by The Insider highlights how the war in Ukraine has changed the nature of sex work in Russia. The country's sex workers are facing many challenges, from the loss of established clients, to increased competition from soldiers' wives and girlfriends taking up sex work.
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Ukrainian troops request evacuation after attack on Zaporizhian axis
Ukrainian troops request evacuation following an unfortunate attack, the Zaporizhia axis pic.twitter.com/qIx8b7JQoH
— Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 (@IAPonomarenko) 15 juillet 2023Ukrainian troops request evacuation following an unfortunate attack on the Zaporizhian axis
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Ukrainian 36th Separate Marine Brigade destroys 2S3 Akatsiya
GeoConfirmed UKR.
— GeoConfirmed (@GeoConfirmed) 15 juillet 2023
"Ukrainian 36th Separate Marine Brigade destroys Russian 2S3 Akatsiya #Staromlynivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine"
47.694218, 36.804565
GeoLocated by @neonhandrail https://t.co/sUYKrMU9poGeoConfirmed UKR. "Ukrainian 36th Separate Marine Brigade destroys Russian 2S3 Akatsiya #Staromlynivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine" 47.694218, 36.804565 GeoLocated by @neonhandrail