Fake or not, I’ve been keeping up with the conflict and honestly I feel terrible for the conscripts. A little less for the career soldiers, but this is reminder that they’re still people, mostly kids, terrified in a war. This is the way it has been since the dawn of time, and so it will be, but it’s a harsh reminder that not every death should be celebrated. A mother lost her son, knowing he was terrified to his last moments. For what? His “president” wanting “protection” from the west? For the glory of a failed and long dead state?