24/ "Like, suddenly those who complain will be shot by their own commanders and blamed on the war. Or, they say, there is some place called Zaitseve, and they are sent there for punishment.https://t.co/urTwrPSAyP
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"Like, suddenly those who complain will be shot by their own commanders and blamed on the war. Or, they say, there is some place called Zaitseve, and they are sent there for punishment.
She says that the soldiers simply need to “exhale”, “heal”, to be ready again to return to the front. "I think it's inherent in every man. They understand their responsibility. They will go on to the end. My husband says, "I'll get better and then go back to my boys."
17/ "One of my husband’s colleagues has shrapnel in his head, another has torn knee ligaments, someone’s arms are broken, one can't bend his back, and another can't see. And there are also all sorts of related diseases. Prostatitis, hemorrhoids, pneumonia. It's constant pain.
15/ Tatyana says: "After the first mission, the survivors were promised rest from two weeks to 45 days, but they were deceived. After just four days, they were sent to the front line for three weeks. And without any technology at all."
13/ "My husband said that it was only there that he understood what bread was," Tatyana says. Bread and water are "worth its weight in gold" and are rationed because of the lack of supplies. "They will be thrown to the front line for two or three weeks, and survive as you will."
14/ A great many don't survive. According to Tatyana, out of 300 men in her husband's unit, all but 18 were killed, injured or went missing in only three months – a 94% casualty rate. The men are not rotated but are kept at the front until they die or are too injured to fight.
Theft and supply problems also affect parcels of 'humanitarian aid' sent from home to the front line. Only two such parcels have reached Sergei since July. The soldiers have to rely on medicines and medical supplies sent from home, as there is nothing at the front line.
They don't get anything out there. No gloves, no warm underwear, no ammunition. They didn't even give them shovels. But they did give them body bags.
8/ "And some people had their phones and money stolen on the trains when they were on their way to their unit. Some of them are still out of touch. You'd think they'd all work together, and then this happens. Their own stealing from their own. How can this be?"
7/ "My husband had the same thing. He went on a mission, and when he came back, it was gone. Everything was stolen. Warm, good, woollen socks. The shaver I gave him. He kept it safe all the time.
