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[-] troed@fedia.io 46 points 3 weeks ago

Trump doesn't know the difference between the Soviet Union and Russia.

Because that's what Putin wants his minions to believe.

Ukraine were largely the force that defeated the Nazis on the east front in WWII - not Russia. Both were however part of the Soviet Union at the time.

[-] Skua@kbin.earth 30 points 3 weeks ago

Ethnic Russians were the largest proportion of the killed in action by quite a margin, let's not pretend that they weren't doing their part. Ukraine was too, of course - the people that pretend Ukraine just jumped ship and shacked up with the Nazis at the first opportunity are doing an unbelievable disservice to the millions of Ukrainians that died fighting the Nazis - but the huge population disparity between Russia and every other Soviet republic does show in the data.

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago

Nah, Ukrainians served in disproportionately large numbers considering most of Ukraine was occupied by the Nazis, but ethnic Russians contributed roughly equivalent to their proportion of the Soviet Union.

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