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Brit teen who just turned 18 joins Ukraine military and dies within mins of deployment

Posted on 2/4/25 at 7:06 am
Posted by RaoulDuke504
Member since Aug 2023
3216 posts
Posted on 2/4/25 at 7:06 am
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James had flown from Manchester four months earlier aged just 17 to join the resistance against the Russian invasion despite having no previous military experience. He was killed in an explosion minutes into his first mission. James’s dad Graham told The Sun yesterday: “I’ll never get over this. I didn’t want him to go but his heart was set on it. He wanted to help Ukraine.




This post was edited on 2/4/25 at 7:07 am
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
71675 posts
Posted on 2/4/25 at 7:08 am to
FAFO
Posted by RaoulDuke504
Member since Aug 2023
3216 posts
Posted on 2/4/25 at 7:09 am to
They sent a literal kid to the front line of the worst war since WW2 with no military experience


That’s blatantly a suicide mission with no regard for life
Posted by el Gaucho
He/They
Member since Dec 2010
56939 posts
Posted on 2/4/25 at 7:10 am to
Why wouldn’t he sign up for the good guys team?
Posted by UptownJoeBrown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2024
2751 posts
Posted on 2/4/25 at 7:13 am to
This is why you can’t get older men to rush machine gun nests.
Posted by evil cockroach
27.98N // 86.92E
Member since Nov 2007
8423 posts
Posted on 2/4/25 at 7:15 am to
There's got to be WAY more to the story. Why not join the royal marines?
Posted by TygerLyfe
Member since May 2023
2054 posts
Posted on 2/4/25 at 7:15 am to
The paper there says he was 18.
Posted by Snipe
Member since Nov 2015
14053 posts
Posted on 2/4/25 at 7:17 am to
As it turn out video games don't actually prepare you for war as many young people seem to think.

Posted by STLDawg
The Lou
Member since Apr 2015
4208 posts
Posted on 2/4/25 at 7:17 am to
Ridiculous propaganda inspired death. The West should just ignore this Slavic brothers war.
Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
58530 posts
Posted on 2/4/25 at 7:18 am to
What a moron. Some idiot convinced him Ukraine could win.
Posted by buford4LSU
Thibodaux, LA
Member since Jan 2008
2488 posts
Posted on 2/4/25 at 7:20 am to
But he was great at Halo! FAFO
if public truly knows what Ukraine is about, the world would be supporting Russia
Posted by TorchtheFlyingTiger
1st coast
Member since Jan 2008
2669 posts
Posted on 2/4/25 at 7:21 am to
Wonder if he realized Ukraine doesnt require conscription until 25, only lowered from 27 last year Kyiv Independent
Not a terrible idea I guess when you have an aging population well below replacement rate. At least some of the young men will reproduce before being thrown in the meat grinder.
Posted by Ricardo
Member since Sep 2016
5777 posts
Posted on 2/4/25 at 7:22 am to
Propaganda takes another one.
Posted by sta4ever
Member since Aug 2014
16973 posts
Posted on 2/4/25 at 7:23 am to
Hundreds of thousands, possibly millions of younger men and boys wiped off the face of the planet, all because of one reckless man’s opinions, who has no regards for human life. Such a tragedy all around.
Posted by SloaneRanger
Upper Hurstville
Member since Jan 2014
10963 posts
Posted on 2/4/25 at 7:23 am to
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What a moron. Some idiot convinced him Ukraine could win.


The entire British press. They are constantly cheering Ukraine on and depicting the war as some kind of heroic struggle between good and evil.
Posted by RaoulDuke504
Member since Aug 2023
3216 posts
Posted on 2/4/25 at 7:29 am to
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The entire British press. They are constantly cheering Ukraine on and depicting the war as some kind of heroic struggle between good and evil.


They tell their citizens Russian deaths are double and triple what Ukraine has and it’s a safari to live out your war fantasies
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
10340 posts
Posted on 2/4/25 at 7:30 am to
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Manchester


One less Mancunian I don't need to struggle to understand.

Dumbass should have been redirected to volunteer for the Red Cross or in Poland helping UKR refugees or something.
Posted by Rekrul
Member since Feb 2007
8778 posts
Posted on 2/4/25 at 7:31 am to
Posted by Patfic15
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2018
3916 posts
Posted on 2/4/25 at 7:34 am to
Well:bye gif
Posted by YOURADHERE
Member since Dec 2006
8258 posts
Posted on 2/4/25 at 7:41 am to
Why's James cryin?

Cause he just got droned on...

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