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[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 19 points 9 months ago

i'm curious as to how reliable information about this has been getting out.

[-] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 18 points 9 months ago

First reports are not always trustworthy. That said, we know conditions for the Russians are terrible so desertion isn't unlikely.

[-] jtk@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Obviously they do an exit poll. It's just good for business.

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 16 points 9 months ago

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[-] XanderBrendon@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

Did you read the article? The numbers quoted are from a group that tries to help defecting Russian soldiers.

On Tuesday the Moscow Times quoted the Georgian-based group Idite Lesom that aids troops attempting to leave Putin’s army, saying it had experienced an 89 percent increase in requests for assistance over the past few months.

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Grigory Sverdlin, founder and leader of the group said that between June and August it had received 305 requests for help but between September and November this number had almost doubled.

[-] PrinceWith999Enemies@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

They go through that in the article. I’m sympathetic, but it looks like a lot of spin on shaky statistics.

[-] wurzelgummidge@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago

Is it reliable?

this post was submitted on 11 Dec 2023
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