Sentence examples of "пушечное мясо" in Russian with translation "cannon fodder"

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Их просто схватили и бросили в войну как пушечное мясо. They were just kind of snatched up and used as cannon fodder for this war.
Попытка установить диктатуру со стороны временного правительства укрепила сторонников Чавеза во мнении, что оппозиция является инструментом в руках экономических групп и оппортунистов правого толка, желающих превратить находящееся в растерянности население в пушечное мясо. The dictatorial turn of the transitional government fortified the view in the Chávez camp that the opposition is a tool of right-wing economic groups and opportunists willing to turn confused citizens into cannon fodder.
А мирные сирийские жители оказываются пушечным мясом. Yet Syrian civilians are the cannon fodder.
Торговля людьми, которая является подлинной формой рабства в XXI веке, особенно в том, что касается рынка детского труда, детской проституции, использования детей в качестве пушечного мяса в конфликтах и незаконной миграции, продолжает оставаться реальностью и сегодня. Trafficking in human beings, a true form of slavery in the twenty-first century, particularly with respect to the child labour market, child prostitution, the use of children as cannon fodder in conflicts and illegal migration continue to be a reality to this day.
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