Treason is such a bullshit crime. Nobody has control over what country they’re born in, but if you decide you don’t like the one you were assigned as an adult suddenly you’re an evil traitor. It’s not like this guy brought an experimental fighter plane or nuclear secrets with him, he simply chose to get off of a sinking ship.
It’s even dumber than that. He has resided in Crimea since 2014. He didn’t cross the border the border crossed him. He was no longer a Ukrainian citizen by default they probably just kept him on the flight roster and called it treason when they tried to call him back to the air force in 2022. Ukraine still doesn’t recognize Crimea as part of Russia.
It’s not like I was ever a treason stan but I never really thought about exactly how bullshit it is until this post. Basically putting you in an impossible situation if you want to exercise that pesky free will thing - and as another comrade followed up, it’s not like he actively defected, the ‘border crossed him.’
Treason is such a bullshit crime. Nobody has control over what country they’re born in, but if you decide you don’t like the one you were assigned as an adult suddenly you’re an evil traitor. It’s not like this guy brought an experimental fighter plane or nuclear secrets with him, he simply chose to get off of a sinking ship.
It’s even dumber than that. He has resided in Crimea since 2014. He didn’t cross the border the border crossed him. He was no longer a Ukrainian citizen by default they probably just kept him on the flight roster and called it treason when they tried to call him back to the air force in 2022. Ukraine still doesn’t recognize Crimea as part of Russia.
It’s not like I was ever a treason stan but I never really thought about exactly how bullshit it is until this post. Basically putting you in an impossible situation if you want to exercise that pesky free will thing - and as another comrade followed up, it’s not like he actively defected, the ‘border crossed him.’
Literally everyone on the Russian controlled side is now a traitor as per Ukraine.