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Once they were in-country, it doesn't sound like it was voluntary. Guy thought he was getting a chill security job at an unrealistic pay point. Clearly not the smartest, but he didn't move to Russia to join the army. Just like Pakistanis don't move to Saudi Arabia to be enslaved.

In both cases, the word is out and these people should have known better, but maybe they were desperate, or naive, I think we can have a little human empathy.

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> Guy thought he was getting a chill security job at an unrealistic pay point. Clearly not the smartest

This would be worth of sympathy if this would happen in 2022/2023. This bait and switch is years old. Kenyans have access to internet, they can use google and quickly find out what happened to others who took the "job". Most of them would be found on CombatFootage, lucky ones would be found in Ukrainian channels doing interviews with POWs

Call it Darwinism then. Ukrainian soldiers shouldn’t put their life in danger because other people are dumb.

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