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		gannonburgett on March 2, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Russia’s Possible Invasion of Ukraine > 'How can you run out of fuel and food?' The Pentagon [is reporting](https://news.yahoo.com/russian-troops-surrendering-sabotagin...) some units are self-sabotaging their machinery to avoid fighting.

esja on March 2, 2022 [–]

That may be true, or it may be propaganda.

onlyrealcuzzo on March 2, 2022 | [–]

The key word is /some/. When you have 10k tanks, it's unlikely there wasn't at least /some/ deserters.

It would be nice to know how many incidents they have observed.

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