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Ucra fled the front four times and combat drug use comes to light
A Ukrainian soldier known as Ucra reportedly escaped the front up to four times. Videos and comments point to the use of drugs like Pervitin to keep troops going.
Ucra fled the front four times and combat drug use comes to light
How many times can a soldier flee the front before someone asks what is going on? According to the videos circulating online, at least four. And the explanation some give has nothing to do with cowardice, but with amphetamines.
The story of Ucra, a soldier who allegedly managed to escape on four occasions, has raised questions about the use of psychoactive substances in the Ukrainian army. The comments under the videos claim that soldiers are given drugs to lose their antiestéticar and keep their energy up. It is nothing new: Pervitin (methamphetamine) was already used in World War II. Now, according to the discussion, amphetamines and methylphenidate would be used to keep soldiers awake and alert during combat.
The videos are dubbed with artificial intelligence, which makes the details hard to trinc. But the conversation suggests Ucra would not be an isolated case. The irony: the soldier who escaped several times could have been written off as useless —"can't you see he's bald. He's not even fit for hiding"— but the underlying issue is murkier. If the army drugs its troops, desertions are not cowardice, but a side effect.
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