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Wives sue: Russian soldiers 'have no idea what to do'

2022-11-23T10:37:32.156Z


Wives sue: Russian soldiers 'have no idea what to do' Created: 11/23/2022 11:36 am By: Tim Vincent Dicke In the midst of the Ukraine war, wives of Russian recruits are unusually outspoken in their criticism: “They don't know how to fight. You can't." Moscow - The reports of chaotic conditions within the Russian army do not stop. For months there have been repeated complaints from soldiers and


Wives sue: Russian soldiers 'have no idea what to do'

Created: 11/23/2022 11:36 am

By: Tim Vincent Dicke

In the midst of the Ukraine war, wives of Russian recruits are unusually outspoken in their criticism: “They don't know how to fight.

You can't."

Moscow - The reports of chaotic conditions within the Russian army do not stop.

For months there have been repeated complaints from soldiers and relatives: the equipment is poor and the training in some cases hardly available.

Now two wives of recruits are following suit – they are making serious accusations against the troops of Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Putin, as

reported

by fr.de.

The

Washington Post

was able to speak to a St. Petersburg transport worker whose husband was sent to the Ukraine war as part of the partial mobilization.

Yana, as she is simply called by the US daily, claims to have been a fervent supporter of the so-called "military special operation" at the start of the invasion on February 24.

But when her partner was drafted, her views changed fundamentally.

News about the Ukraine war: Strong criticism of Russia's leadership

"You don't get orders and you don't have tasks," said the Russian recruit's wife, before adding, "I spoke to my husband yesterday and he said they have no idea what to do.

They have just been abandoned and have lost all trust, all faith in the authorities.”

Irina Sokolova also accused Russia's military leadership.

The 37-year-old said she spoke to her husband a month ago, a Russian fighter mobilized for the Ukraine conflict.

Her husband called her sobbing and completely broken from a forest.

"You lie on TV," he said, Sokolova told The

Washington Post

.

According to Russia, it has recruited more than 300,000 men as part of the partial mobilization for the Ukraine war.

(Archive image) © Pavel Lisitsyn/imago

State television news programs report almost exclusively on the fighting in Ukraine, which stylizes the war as a conflict between a radiant Russia and the "satanic" West.

On the other hand, there are hardly any articles about the actual situation at the front.

Only recently, the protagonist Vladimir Solovyov, known as "Putin's voice", rejected criticism of inadequate equipment.

As in teleshopping, he praised protective vests, soldiers' gloves, knee and elbow pads and asked the soldiers not to be so ungrateful.

– “Moscow pays for all this”.

Russia's recruits in Ukraine 'don't know how to fight'

The type of reporting gave Sokolova and her husband a completely distorted picture of the war against Ukraine, she accused.

"Of course he had no idea how terrible it would be there," Sokolova said.

"We see our state television stations and they say that everything is perfect." The 37-year-old's partner was drafted on September 22, only four days later he was stationed in Ukraine.

Without military training.

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Russia sent the conscripts directly to the front line, "but they are not military," Sokolova criticized.

"They don't know how to fight.

You can't do this," she said, admitting that her husband was in severe pain from pancreatitis.

“I feel how terrible it is for him there.

My heart will be torn."

According to the Kremlin, the partial mobilization has now been completed.

Putin said Russia had mobilized 318,000 men for the Ukraine war.

However, the US war experts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) assume that the mobilizations will continue covertly.

(tvd)

Source: merkur

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