# Russia invades Ukraine {2022-02-24} (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** ukraine-invasion, breaking-news\ **Created:** [February 24, 2022, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-2022-02-24-part-1/960037 "2022-02-24T08:30:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8550
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-2022-02-24-part-1/960037/8550 "2022-09-25T18:37:47Z")
Moderating: > [@Broomstick](#): > > That, and every Russian of military age that leaves instead of being forced to fight is one less soldier in Putin’s army, reducing Putin’s resources to fight this war. > [@What\_Exit](#): > > **Modnudge** : This exchange also needs to end or move to a new thread. It really isn’t on topic after this many posts. As what\_exit already said, this is the breaking news thread, and long digressions about whether other countries ought to accept Russian draft dodgers really aren’t appropriate. Fortunately, we have another thread for that: > [@Should the West open its borders to Russians fleeing the draft?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-west-open-its-borders-to-russians-fleeing-the-draft/972205): > > [Originally posted in the thread “Russia invades Ukraine”] A debate is shaping up within the EU over whether EU member states are right to be tightening border restrictions against Russian citizens fleeing the draft. The main argument for such restrictions is that keeping disgruntled Russians in Russia increases the pressure on the regime to end the war and/or depose Putin. (There is also concern that some arriving Russians could turn out to be spies or saboteurs working for the regime.) The … Please stop posting about it here, unless it’s to post some factual news item, such as a change in how some other country is actually handling the matter. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-2022-02-24-part-1/960037)._