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From School to Battlefield to Grave How Russian Cossacks drive young people to war -- bellingcat
Last edited Fri Dec 5, 2025, 05:59 PM - Edit history (1)
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/12/05/from-school-to-battlefield-to-grave-how-russian-cossacks-drive-young-people-to-war/An interactive storyboard which attempts to explain the involvement of the Cossacks into the war on behalf of the Russians. I am finding this presentation very engaging but also frustrating because of the format.
While I knew some small amount of their history, this did lead me to dig deeper.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cossacks