Brit, 18, who volunteered to fight in Ukraine killed minutes into first mission

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/brit-18-who-volunteered-fight-34610454

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  1. I didn’t start feeling old until I seen how young some of the kids fighting in this war are. Terrifying.

  2. British Army should offer basic training for anyone who is going over there to join the fight. Not saying it would have saved this kid necessarily, but going to war without a minute’s training is probably putting the other soldiers in danger as much as yourself.

  4. I deeply respect his bravery because it takes balls to go fight in a war that you have no stakes in. RIP James.

  5. What a waste. Brainwashed into thinking the war is something worth dying over. The politicians in multiple countries who have prolonged this war should be tried.

  7. Damn. All because Putin couldn’t accept that Ukraine didn’t want to be a vassal state

  8. Such a waste of a young mans life. Heart goes out to the family. Who is to blame for this brainwashing of young kids though? More needs to be done to educate these poor souls.

  9. >Despite the training James’ father said: “Unfortunately it was not to be and I guess you can never fully prepare for what happens on the battlefield.”

    Well that’s putting it mildly

  10. Honestly, this is insane. Where were his parents, friends and general support network? Who allowed this to happen?

  15. If anyone talks down the presence of russian bots and shills, send them to this thread – riddled with them.

  16. Sad.

    Going paint balling taught me how quickly I’d be dead in a real battle.

  17. This is truly sad, but strangely morbidly funny? He was 18, what the fuck did he know about life? Why fight in a war at such a young age? Damn his parents and everyone who let him go through with it.

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