pkt on Nostr: Technically not usually with actual conscripts, as Russian law prohibits them from ...

Technically not usually with actual conscripts, as Russian law prohibits them from being used outside Russia's borders; that prohibition is usually followed. That's why Russia is offering huge bonuses for signing up: they desperately need the volunteers.

That said, this specific video was allegedly filmed in Kursk, Russia, so in this case they might have been conscripts.

Anyway, fuck them. They could have died an honorable death revolting against their commanders. Or they could have just accepted jail, or surrendered. They chose to fight for Russia instead. They deserved their deaths.