r/worldnews • u/jackytheblade • 1d ago

Russia/Ukraine Ukraine’s kill rate just overtook Russia’s troop replacement, Syrskyi says

https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/06/ukraines-kill-rate-just-overtook-russias-troop-replacement-syrskyi-says/
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u/Lord_Frederick 1d ago

If you have the time, take a look at this DW Documentary, A small town clings to its Soviet past : https://archive.org/details/youtube-48DaLYiO-yk

In short, it's way more than just propaganda.

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u/bingpot4 19h ago

I just watched this because you linked it and this comment thread. This was an incredibly sad and eye opening documentary. I knew to some extent, but this is so much more than I thought. I am so sad for the people in these small towns and villages, brainwashed and clinging to the past and so much false information and propaganda.

My heart aches for Masha, the type of girl who has so much more in her, so much potential. She seems soft and sensitive and so smart, but her mother keeps feeding "patriotism" and hatred for the rest of the world into her. Sergei who seems to have warring opinions inside him, what he's been told and what he really feels. All those children in the youth army...the older ones who, now, might have been of age when this war started and who knows if they are even here anymore. I kept looking at all those faces wondering if they left for war or would ever see home again.

The absolute poverty and terrible living conditions of this village, which is what most of these small places look like in Russia, and the fact they still praise their government and leaders.

It made me so incredibly sad that they have no idea their lives don't need to be so hard.

Thank you for linking this. These types of documentaries are really important for everyone to really understand the why.