Ehldas t1_jaco98o wrote on February 28, 2023 at 2:14 PM

Reply to comment by marianass in Ukraine Commander Describes Situation in Bakhmut as ‘Extremely Tense’ by znanirani

Actually most of them seem to be just old and afraid to leave everything they've ever known.

The_Redoubtable_Dane t1_jad9hca wrote on February 28, 2023 at 4:39 PM

Although this is probably the case, those 5000ish people have made their choice, and the Ukrainian army simply can't be expected to continue to act in a way that maximises those civilians' chance of survival. If anything, they are helping the Russian army by being in the way. Really not particularly patriotic.