DoomsdaysCW<p>The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>indigenous</span></a> people 'breathing last breath' in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Putin</span></a>'s war 4,000 miles from home</p><p>by Josh Leyton, February 28, 2025</p><p>"One of the world’s oldest continuous communities is ‘breathing its last breath’ as some of its few remaining men die fighting for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Russia</span></a> more than 4,000 miles away in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>. </p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Yupik" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Yupik</span></a> are among the threatened <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousPeoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IndigenousPeoples</span></a> in the remote far north-east of the federation whose numbers are being further depleted by Vladimir Putin’s war. </p><p>[...]</p><p>"Recruits from a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReindeerHerding" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ReindeerHerding</span></a> community around 2,000 miles from the frontline are among those who have been conscripted or promised large payments to join the Kremlin’s war machine.</p><p>"The fate of those being mobilised, who are mainly drawn from the north, Siberia and far east, was revealed last week by the testimony of a 19-year-old soldier taken prisoner by Ukraine."<br /> <br /><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-ca/society-culture-and-history/general/the-indigenous-people-breathing-last-breath-in-putin-s-war-4-000-miles-from-home/ar-AA1zZCzT" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-ca/society-culture-</span><span class="invisible">and-history/general/the-indigenous-people-breathing-last-breath-in-putin-s-war-4-000-miles-from-home/ar-AA1zZCzT</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Putin</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousPeoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IndigenousPeoples</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Persecution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Persecution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Oppression</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SamiPeoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SamiPeoples</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PutinsWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PutinsWar</span></a></p>