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[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 220 points 6 months ago (3 children)

If that's true, it wasn't the reddit user, it was the soldier. You don't fucking give out that kind of info for this reason exactly

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 68 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Reminds me of a Canadian soldier that was talking about going there to help and seeing Ukrainian soldiers getting out of fox holes to have a smoke and getting shot...

When war lasts for a long time you start running out of properly trained soldiers...

[–] wahming@monyet.cc 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

On the contrary, when war lasts a long time you only have trained soldiers left

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 months ago

The important word that you seem to have skipped is "properly"

[–] turtlepower@lemm.ee 33 points 6 months ago

Loose lips sink ships.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 17 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Eh, it can be both. The soldier shouldn't have posted his location online, but neither should the Redditor have reposted it in public.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 36 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Eh, it can't be both, soldiers are trained to avoid shit like that. Once it was somewhere online, the info was compromised. No photos, no geolocation, no phones even.

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 14 points 6 months ago

Exactly, you can't unpost something from the internet. Even if it wasn't reposted to Reddit, I wouldn't trust Facebook servers

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 35 points 6 months ago

If you're in a life or death situation, it's ABSOLUTELY on you to not expose your location. There's a reason people in the army are supposed to keep operational security, because once the info is out, you can't control where it goes.

Even if you trust everyone you tell, one slip up can fuck you over.

[–] Guest_User@lemmy.world 31 points 6 months ago

Eh, one is a professional doing a job and the other is a redditor. I put the blame on the professional who put their own life and the others they work with in jeopardy.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 192 points 6 months ago (1 children)

posts on Facebook... In private

Imma stop you right there

I clearly tagged my post as private, what are you implying?

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 102 points 6 months ago

Some absolute turbo genius Russian propagandist did a livestream by an artillery piece near the front lines, the Ukrainians obviously shelled it.

It happens a lot, sadly.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 57 points 6 months ago

Everyone knows you don't post your military secrets on reddit.

You post them on the War Thunder forums like a true gentleman.

[–] WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 49 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I swear these people know no opsec

[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 25 points 6 months ago

This is fucktard level, tho.

[–] Gigan@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Are you talking about the soldier or the redditor?

[–] K0W4LSK1@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 months ago

Both probably

[–] hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works 38 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 30 points 6 months ago

We did it Reddit!

[–] TheBlue22@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 6 months ago (2 children)

To be fair, the orcs would have shelled schools anyway. Especially if they aren't abandoned

[–] sanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.works 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I would avoid dehumanizing the people you disagree with. It prevents any real understanding of the situation beyond "Russians are evil".

[–] Pixelguin@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago

It also distances you from the reality of it. Human beings just like you are capable of this level of cruelty, and you've got to wrestle with that.

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 7 points 6 months ago

That's funny, I visited Russia years ago, their nickname for Moscow was literally Mordor...

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 25 points 6 months ago

A soldier singlehandedly got multiple safe zones exposed via Facebook.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago
[–] therealjcdenton@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 months ago

We did it reddit!