Warfare Russia/Ukraine War
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Not to mention the civilian buildings and vehicles which have received additional ventilation ...
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I highly doubt that guy is PLA, more likely a Russian Buryat...
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Could be. I've seen several POW pics of people they are calling "Chinese", though.
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Twitter is notorious for misinformation, it's like Russian accounts talking about "NATO mercs" in Ukraine because they're volunteers that are active or ex-servicemen from the relevant countries but not fighting on behalf of said nations in an official capacity. Buryats are found in Eastern Russia for the most part but they also exist in Mongolia and China too.
So probably a volunteer, possibly a member of the PLA or perhaps ex-PLA or just Russian regular. There have been a fair few asians serving with the DPR forces as volunteers since everything kicked off a decade ago. Actual PLA soldiers in Russia with the blessing of Xi would be quite significant and not go unnoticed...
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Old video, from Izium, Kharkiv in 2022:
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T-72B3 Obr. 2016 ∙ Visually confirmed Captured Russian Tanks in Russian war in Ukraine
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Hopefully they've all been repaired and sent to Kursk.Old video, from Izium, Kharkiv in 2022:
#8378 ∙ T-72B3 Obr. 2016 ∙ Brazhkivka ∙ WarSpotting
T-72B3 Obr. 2016 ∙ Visually confirmed Captured Russian Tanks in Russian war in Ukraine
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I imagine russian foreign training deployments since 2022 go along these lines:
Russian instructor: blablabla
Local interpreter: errrr blabla ... bla?
*Chuckling ensues*
Senior local trainer shout-repeating what the unit commander just told him: "Whatever these guys say, do the exact opposite and you might live."
Although, if you're training militia's fast becoming one yourself should be very educational for the locals ...
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hehehe so you mean civilians? I doubt the PLA soldier would be worth any weight in gold in an actual battlefield. It would be interesting to watch should China decide to take a piece of that Russian pie. Both sides just throwing waves of soldiers to the front as a strategy
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I'd imagine if Chinese civilians are "volunteering" to fight in the Russian army, it would be with the blessing of the CCP. Or have the Chicoms loosened up control when we weren't paying attention?
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China has as much control on the indivual chinese as much as any nation on their ctizenry. So and individual going to Russia then volunteering is very possible with or without the Chinese government nod.
I wouldnt read much into it other than dumbasses who are bored and looking for adventure thinking it is airsoft
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Its some crazy irony how some Ukrainian units like the 22nd Mechanized Brigade that have Soviet roots and fought at Kursk in 1943 against Nazi Germany, are now fighting a fascist Russia at Kursk in 2024.
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In 1965 and later the final physical test for Airborne was a 3 mile Run. There was no time limit but you could not stop running, it was the most I have ever ran in my life at that time. It reminded me when I was about 10, I would walk to the movies about 2 miles from home and I would sit there all day and watch the movies twice. Come outside and it had dropped temperature to very cold and I had no jacket. I would run all the way home without stopping and could have run 2 more miles. Today at 76 I can't drag my garbage to the street, I load it into the Truck and take it out when I have to shop or go to the PO. This photo of the Russian is pretty telling, he couldn't walk up the stairs to a modern drop plane. The only jump training is probably when his plane is hit by a missile !
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