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Booby-trapped spools of fiber optic cable detonated and killed two Russian FPV drone operators during an equipment inspection. (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 6 days ago by LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyz to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz
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[–] Carmakazi@piefed.social 13 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Is "humanitarian" some mistranslation of "donated" or is it a cynical euphemism?

[–] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 20 points 6 days ago

"humanitarian" sorta became a noun in ukrainian and russian and some people use it for everything that's donated, no matter the purpose

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 6 points 6 days ago

I've tried rereading it several times and can't figure out what the hell it means.