‘The Military Betrayed Us’: Desperate Relatives of Russian Draftees Seek Answers

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Relatives of Russian draftees on the frontline in Ukraine have been protesting the treatment of their loved ones and accusing local
weeks, demanding the authorities withdraw mobilized men from the front
They are usually motivated by desperate phone calls from their sons, fathers, husbands or brothers imploring them for help to escape from
us [to the frontline]
The f***ing Defense Ministry, f***ing put pressure on them
speak freely
Ukraine, independent estimates suggest well over a hundred of these draftees have already been killed.Mobilized Russian soldiers saying
farewell to loved ones
last week in a video petition to authorities in her hometown of Vologda about 500 kilometers northeast of Moscow.Relatives say they are
particularly angry about limited training and the poor equipment provided for conscript soldiers, as well as the fact that new recruits are
send them into the thick of things
its start by images of newly mobilized soldiers housed in crowded conditions and reports of ineffective training, a lack of food and troops
recorded phone call shared with The Moscow Times.Alexander Karavanov, from the Vologda region, even went to eastern Ukraine to deliver
meeting.But while there have been some cases of mobilized men withdrawn from the frontline, the military has also not shied away from
leaked last week has been charged with insulting an officer and now faces up to 15 years in prison, the Ostorozhno Novosti Telegram channel