Russia - threadbanned users in OP

Then that would be the choice of the Ukrainian people.

Unsurprisingly, your view of how a country's 'subjects' should be treated in the context of war is loudly echoed in Russia today where tens of thousands of young lads who should've been in university but instead were conscripted and thrown into war with no experience are now lying dead in fields in Ukraine.

Still, we'll all sit back and let the internet experts, full of bravery behind a keyboard, on an island in the Atlantic, with qualifications and PHDs coming out their ears, tell us how it all should be.

Putin has shuffle at the top ..

Dara Massicot is a Senior Fellow at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Russia and Eurasia Program, focusing on defense issues in Russia.

Belousov has no military experience at all or background in the military. He’s an economist. This will raise questions within the military who will fear a repeat of serdyukov. So I anticipate some unformed officer favorites appointed to leadership positions to balance this. /3

Normally I’d say that Gerasimov will be replaced soon, but he is the overall commander of the war. I still think he will be replaced, which is typical. Peskov said he will stay, no decisions to change have been made “yet”. So an (unintentional) indicator of change /4

Is Belousov a multi-year defense minister? My gut reaction (that I will keep updating ), I would say no. This looks like a move shorter in duration that will be followed by house cleaning: of deputy defense ministers, some organizational changes, and auditing. / 5

I have to note that a person with this kind of financial background and with *no organizational ties or priors* is helpful for making major changes to the Defense economy to reconstitute the force post war. /6

In sum— Shoigu gets a respectable way out, the new defense minister will probably make organizational changes, too soon to tell if he’s a placeholder for a post war minister, and watch Gerasimov. /7

Think of what Ukraine could do if they had ammo.

'volunteers'… can the mask slip any further?

The OP asked what would happen to the Ukrainians that left if they were to return to Ukraine.

You reply was : “I've been censured here for previously expressing this question.”

You never asked that question. You want Ukrainians in Ireland to be sent back against their will by the Irish state. How is it the same question?

Man on fire

"Then that would be the choice of the Ukrainian people."

A "choice" ? To leave one's country when the neighbour invades?

There's a massive difference between "Obliging someone to return" and requesting that a third party country forcibly returns someone against their will.

Another man who will be trying his best to stay away from windows for the next while.

There were discussions of various recruitment efforts in Latin America. These would be incorporated into Ukraine's Foreign legion. Difficult to get any information given the secrecy and the level of disinformation floating around.

As regards the migrants, imagine morale would be an issue to be bluntly cold about it. Various NGO groups would have a melt down over it. Also would play into the Russian propaganda effort.

That was a Czech graft. They promised million of shells if they collect enough of donations. Just a move for empty insignificant suits to get their 5 minutes of fame and some little money on the side.