Wang Guanjung and Zhang Renbo tell reporters in Ukraine they were ‘fed lies’ while fighting for Moscow
Two Chinese citizens captured fighting against Ukraine said they were “fed lies” by Russia and that Vladimir Putin’s forces were not as strong as they claimed.
Wang Guanjung and Zhang Renbo were captured fighting for Russia in eastern Ukraine earlier this month.
Handcuffed and wearing military fatigues at a briefing organised by Ukrinform, the Ukrainian national news agency, the pair said: “All Russia fed us are lies. They’re fake. Russia isn’t as strong as they claim, and Ukraine isn’t as backwards as they say.”
Wait, does it mean that your version of dodgeball is literally ‘burnball’? Or does poltto have two different meanings? Either way, I love the word already.
Funny, in german it’s also called Burnball (‘Brennball’).
Yep. Getting hit means you are burned.
Back when I was a kid, polttopallo was always what the US calls “Circle dodgeball”, and not the team variant. We have one like that too, with the twist that when you get hit, you run behind the opposing team and can start throwing them in the back. It’s called Kahden Tulen Välissä - between two fires.
In Sweden they have a variation called Killerboll. You probably don’t need a translation for that :)
Nice, we also have the backline dodgeball thing with teams!