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Russians see war cost as their army invades

From Oleg Sukhov:

While previously Russia mostly sent fighters who had been formally discharged from the military or on official leave, earlier this week an invasion of eastern Ukraine by the regular Russian army began, making it much harder to hide the truth. …On Aug. 26 Ella Polyakova, head of the St. Petersburg Committee of Soldiers’ Mothers, said that hospitals in Rostov-on-Don and nearby regions were filled with injured soldiers.

Valentina Melnikova, head of the Union of the Committees of Soldiers’ Mothers, said on Aug. 27 that about 15,000 Russian soldiers, including both mercenaries and the regular army, were currently fighting in eastern Ukraine. She lambasted the authorities for hiding the truth and effectively denying assistance to the killed soldiers’ families, comparing it to similar situations during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the first Chechen War.

On Aug. 27, the Stavropol Committee of Soldiers’ Mothers published a list of 400 killed and injured Russian troops.

These people are as much victims of an authoritarian Russian regime as the people of East Ukraine.

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7 Replies to “Russians see war cost as their army invades”

  1. are you sure about that invasion? and have you seen the videos of the Ukie Govt shelling civilian area in East Ukraine?

    1. From the NY Times:

      In the town of Novoazovsk, Ukrainian militiamen manned checkpoints. But evidence of a Russian presence was abundant, including unmarked Russian military vehicles with no license plates. A soldier on a truck greeted journalists by shouting in English: “Back in the U.S.S.R.!”
      A cashier at a Novoazovsk grocery store said Russian soldiers had bought sausages and cigarettes. Asked how she knew they were Russian, the cashier, who identified herself as Olga, snapped: “You think I’ve only lived one day?”

    2. From The Guardian:

      The head of the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko, admitted on Thursday that there are serving Russian soldiers among his fighters, but claimed they were volunteers who were taking a holiday in the region.

      “Among the Russian volunteers there are many former soldiers, who are fighting alongside us and understand that it’s their duty,” said Zakharchenko in an interview with Russian television. “And moreover, I’ll say it openly, we also have current soldiers, who decided to take their holidays not on the beach, but among us.”

      Does Putin normally allow his soldiers to take their tanks, self-propelled artillery and Grad rocket launchers on holiday with them?

    4. It may be difficult for you to understand the mentality of a fascist invader. Putler is following the same strategies as Stalin and Hitler before him, all well tested strategies. History is merely being repeated
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  2. Now if the coup leaders in Kiev had just talked nicely with the Russian speakers instead of threatening then things might have been different – but we know stooges always follow their masters and the Empire of Chaos seems to have only one plan – Chaos as seen in Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria. Every thing they touch turns to shit.

    1. Funny that. Remove a dictator and chaos ensues — because there is no order to replace the old structure. You would think that they would have learned that by now. There are exceptions. Douglas MacArthur seems to have understood the problem. He managed to avoid chaos in Japan at the end of WWII. Also used Japanese soldiers armed with bayonets as his police force after he had retaken the Philippines because there was no structure to take their place. I can’t think of any more recent examples, but am sure that there are other exceptions.

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