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Ukraine war: The village where Russian soldiers have a life expectancy of 12 minutes (www.thetimes.com)
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[–] x00z@lemmy.world 10 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

They get mercenaries in poor countries but don't pay them.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (2 children)

They aren’t mercenaries if they're not paid. The pont of being a mercenary is you get paid to fight for a country/cause not your own. If you’re not paid, that’s impressment.

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 6 points 13 hours ago

They die before they can be paid.