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Russian mum's fight to save sons from Putin's war
BBC ^ | 5/27/2022 | Steve Rosenberg

Posted on 05/29/2022 8:09:26 AM PDT by marcusmaximus

When Marina's two sons were conscripted last winter to the Russian army she welcomed the idea of her children doing a year's military service.

"I told them that they had to serve," Marina tells me, "it was their duty to the motherland."

But a few weeks later she began to worry. Her sons had been deployed to an area close to the border with Ukraine.

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Marina is angry about what happened.

"They lied to my face," she told me. "First they lied that my sons weren't in Ukraine. Then they lied that they'd signed military contracts. Officers lied, sergeants lied. Later someone told me that they weren't allowed to tell me the truth. Incredible. They were allowed to break the law and send my sons [to Ukraine], but they weren't allowed to tell a mother where her children are."

"I'd like to believe that our president, the commander-in-chief, just isn't aware of the mess and chaos in the army. I want to tell him that not everything here is like they say it is on television."

Marina is relieved that her conscript sons are safe. Her thoughts now are with other families.

"So many sons haven't come back and never will. So many mothers are still searching for their children. It's terrible.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: conscripts; putin; russia; war

1 posted on 05/29/2022 8:09:26 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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Putin will deal with that Neocon, Nazi, Biden loving witch!


2 posted on 05/29/2022 8:13:21 AM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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Somehow I doubt if Vlad cares much what the BBC says.


3 posted on 05/29/2022 8:14:04 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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4 posted on 05/29/2022 8:15:35 AM PDT by lump in the melting pot
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Just wait until full wokeness has stinked up our military. Russian lying will pail in comparison.

Would anyone trust what little willy Milley says?


5 posted on 05/29/2022 8:16:02 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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Rule Number One of war is that young men die.

Henry Blake
6 posted on 05/29/2022 8:16:22 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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Just wait until full wokeness has stinked up our military. Russian lying will pail in comparison.

Would anyone trust what little willy Milley says?


7 posted on 05/29/2022 8:16:53 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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> Just wait until full wokeness has stinked up our military. <

We are fortunate in that America still has a huge technological advantage. But I suppose that will change once wokeness has completely infiltrated our schools of engineering.


8 posted on 05/29/2022 8:21:14 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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We are fortunate in that America still has a huge technological advantage. But I suppose that will change once wokeness has completely infiltrated our schools of engineering.

We’ve already seen evidence of the loss of focus on actual military preparedness with incidents like the navy ships colliding with cargo ships. There is nothing larger or slower than merchant ships or oil tankers.


9 posted on 05/29/2022 8:40:25 AM PDT by Flick Lives (The CDC. Brought to you by Pfizer)
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To: lump in the melting pot

Dress rehearsal for Putin’s funeral
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwgiYchxIFs


10 posted on 05/29/2022 9:22:21 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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I'd like to believe that our president, the commander-in-chief, just isn't aware of the mess and chaos in the army.

If only Comrade Brezhnev were aware of this mess he would quickly put an end to it. (Afghanistan, 1984)

If only Comrade Stalin were aware of this mess he would quickly put an end to it. (Kiev, 1941)

If only the Tsar were aware of this mess he would quickly put an end to it. (Freidland, 1807)

Lather, rinse, repeat.

11 posted on 05/29/2022 9:24:08 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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We are already there, peak insanity rules. We got there somewhere around the time a General went beyond the CoC and contacted a counterpart in another military to cut the legs off of his superior.


12 posted on 05/29/2022 11:00:10 AM PDT by Glad2bnuts ((“If there are no absolutes by which to judge society, then society is absolute.” Francis Schaeffer,)
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Rule #1: Communists lie.


13 posted on 05/29/2022 12:32:13 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (No food in the stores; fuel prices too high? Thank a liberal.)
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