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Canadian volunteer Brittney Shki-Giizis left the Canadian military to fight in Ukraine. A former tank instructor, she explains why she chose to come to the front, how she learned Ukrainian to serve in a Ukrainian unit, and how the war’s shift toward drones led her to become an FPV (first-person view) drone pilot. She also reflects on being a woman in the Ukrainian military, the realities behind drone warfare, the cost of losing comrades, and why she believes any ceasefire without security guarantees would only delay Russia’s next attack.

Here is an Invidious link to watch the interview (22 min, original TY link is here).

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[-] pedz@lemmy.ca 5 points 16 hours ago

I'm glad that she's good at her job and does the killing. It's nice to have people with the right job for their skills. When you're good at piloting killing machines, then you do what you're good at.

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