Foreigners in the Ukraine war are 10X more likely to be targeted and shot by Russian troops than regular Ukrainian soldiers.
Think about it from Russia's perspective. They have to live next to the Ukrainians. There are a lot of family ties, the two nations have business trade relationships... essentially they are neighbors. Russia is trying to do what they have to without creating bad blood between Ukraine and Russia.
Enter the goofball from Canada. Russian troops don't give a flying fig about that person's life. On the other hand, the quickest way to ensure that 5 more Canadians don't show up... is to blast the first one into a million pieces. Once word gets around that nearly all foreigners are getting killed quickly... very few will show up now. I think that's why Russia went out of their way to target those groups... to send a message.
Foreigners in the Ukraine war are 10X more likely to be targeted and shot by Russian troops than regular Ukrainian soldiers.
Think about it from Russia's perspective. They have to live next to the Ukrainians. There are a lot of family ties, the two nations have business trade relationships... essentially they are neighbors. Russia is trying to do what they have to without creating bad blood between Ukraine and Russia.
Enter the goofball from Canada. Russian troops don't give a flying fig about that person's life. On the other hand, the quickest way to ensure that 5 more Canadians don't show up... is to blast the first one into a million pieces. Once word gets around that nearly all foreigners are getting killed quickly... very few will show up now. I think that's why Russia went out of their way to target those groups... to send a message.