Wallace: UK 'open-minded' about handing over longer-range weapons to Ukraine. U.K. Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said he was “open-minded” about sending longer-range weapons to Ukraine if Russia continued attacking residential areas and civilian infrastructure.

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Combat in Bakhmut doesn't stop even at night.

Bakhmut stands. Bakhmut is Ukraine.

Glory to Defenders of Bakhmut! pic.twitter.com/E4bve7RIyN

— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) 12 décembre 2022

Combat in Bakhmut doesn’t stop even at night. Bakhmut stands. Bakhmut is Ukraine. Glory to the Defenders of Bakhmut!

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15/ We are relatives, and we do not allow ourselves to say such things, so as not to damage the spirit of the guys. The question is about the attitude of the authorities themselves – with poor equipment, with conditions, with training, which is not really present.

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13/ The men have also been given "horrible breeches, jackets and felt boots". They expect that they will be given unusable body armour, so they are now looking at buying their own. "The price tag for them starts at 140,000 rubles ($2225). There's not enough pay here [to buy it]."

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14/ The wives say they support the war but are angry that their husbands are not being adequately prepared for it. “We believe that all this is [needed] for a just cause, we are proud of the guys, we don’t blame the authorities for this situation.

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11/ The mobiks have also been given inadequate training and poor-quality uniforms. According to a wife, since they arrived at Koltsovo, they have had only three sessions of shooting practice.

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8/ The paramedic at the medical station listened to them and said that their lungs were clear: "You were taking antibiotics, so drink them." And he sent them back to the tent.

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3/ “There is no proper medical care, they buy medicines themselves, they are already on a third round of antibiotics – and all this in tents. Do you want them not to reach the Special Military Operation zone at all?” She asks the governor to 'take action'.

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2/ Baikal Journal reports that the wives of mobiks from Irkutsk are speaking out about the way their husbands are being treated. One has written on the VK (social media) page of Irkutsk regional governor Igor Kobzev that the men are all sick but aren't being treated:

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