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efil4stnias said:
They didnt...he joined a volunteer brigade post injury.
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I'm not sure what the distinction is between "volunteer brigade" and UAF ... are you referring to the TDF? I thought they were under the purview of the UAF.

However, the desire to save the country turned out to be a priority - after rehabilitation, Smetskyi went back to the frontlines and gave his life for his country.
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Regardless of how he got there, I'd seriously question whoever accepted him back into front line service
 
DCSaints_Fan said:
I'm not sure what the distinction is between "volunteer brigade" and UAF ... are you referring to the TDF? I thought they were under the purview of the UAF.


Regardless of how he got there, I'd seriously question whoever accepted him back into front line service
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The video didn't specify which volunteer brigade he was a part of.

I think the more salient takeaway from this video is just how important being free from Russia is fo some Ukrainians. This guy is no exception. His beliefs were strong enough to a) tell his wife him joining UAF was "non negotiable and b) rejoin the fight after fitted with prosthetic. That's patriotism defined.

Does Ukraine have a problem finding fighters? I'm sure. Unfortunately they dont gave the luxury of mobilizing every convict, 55 yr old or paying multiple PMCs to fight. They don't have massive areas of some of the poorest people to entice with promises of 10x their average salary to go die on front line.

So is this video more of a Ukraine has a personnel problem or more of Ukraine has some real patriots willing to give their all?
 
efil4stnias said:
The video didn't specify which volunteer brigade he was a part of.

I think the more salient takeaway from this video is just how important being free from Russia is fo some Ukrainians. This guy is no exception. His beliefs were strong enough to a) tell his wife him joining UAF was "non negotiable and b) rejoin the fight after fitted with prosthetic. That's patriotism defined.

Does Ukraine have a problem finding fighters? I'm sure. Unfortunately they dont gave the luxury of mobilizing every convict, 55 yr old or paying multiple PMCs to fight. They don't have massive areas of some of the poorest people to entice with promises of 10x their average salary to go die on front line.

So is this video more of a Ukraine has a personnel problem or more of Ukraine has some real patriots willing to give their all?
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I just think its a bad look. I know it was all volunteer but they should have told him no. Perhaps he did serve just as well if not better than someone who wasn't an amputee - kinda like Oscar Pistorius being in the Olympics, but again the optics of it don't make sense for me.

You know what he should have done was been a recruiter. He might have been able to guilt trip some of these evaders into joining.
 
DCSaints_Fan said:
I just think its a bad look. I know it was all volunteer but they should have told him no. Perhaps he did serve just as well if not better than someone who wasn't an amputee - kinda like Oscar Pistorius being in the Olympics, but again the optics of it don't make sense for me.

You know what he should have done was been a recruiter. He might have been able to guilt trip some of these evaders into joining.
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He may have been able to do that, but, he also may have won just as many recruits by doing exactly what he did. I have zero problem with someone making that choice. It should be the individual's choice to return if he wants to and is physically able to. I don't know if I would have, but I'd like to think so.

And tbh, I'm really not seeing or feeling the bad look here. Who would think it's a bad look? I would think most Ukrainians would honor him for what he did. I'm not in their shoes, so I can't say that with certainty tho.
 
DaveXA said:
He may have been able to do that, but, he also may have won just as many recruits by doing exactly what he did. I have zero problem with someone making that choice. It should be the individual's choice to return if he wants to and is physically able to. I don't know if I would have, but I'd like to think so.

And tbh, I'm really not seeing or feeling the bad look here. Who would think it's a bad look? I would think most Ukrainians would honor him for what he did. I'm not in their shoes, so I can't say that with certainty tho.
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Wasn't there a video not long ago about a guy with two prosthetics retraining to go back to the frontline? Almost positive that was a Ukrainian. He was moving thru an obstacle course pretty well if I remember right.
 

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