Posted on 04/17/2024 6:31:46 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Desperate locals are appealing for aid from the government, with one heartbreaking video showing a young boy from Orenburg whose home was flooded begging Vladimir Putin for help.
Concerns are growing over the potential spread of deadly diseases following severe flooding in Russia and Kazakhstan, resulting in bodies being washed out from their graves.
Widespread displacement was reported along the border region between Russia and Kazakhstan, with hundreds of thousands having to abandon their homes. Many residents are pleading for aid from Vladimir Putin amidst these desperate conditions and an apparently slow response from official sources.
Desperate locals are appealing for aid from the government, with one heartbreaking video showing a young boy from Orenburg whose home was flooded saying: "Dear Vladimir Putin, my name is Nikolay Saprykin," before adding with visible upset, "My papa is at war, my house got flooded.
"We've got nowhere to live with my mum and my sister - please help us."
As of Monday afternoon, Putin has not visited the victims of the flood despite worries of a rapidly escalating crisis. The floods are believed to have damaged approximately 18,490 residential buildings and 36,694 household plots, The Mirror reports.
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Instead of leading flood relief efforts, Russian troops in Orenburg are rehearsing for Putin’s May 9th “victory” parade instead.
Loving the recent changes in the reporting on the war.
Kyiv in 3 days!
Doesn’t the 6’ rule apply?
Are you praying for these Russians marcus, or does their misery amuse you?
Great post
On the flip side, the day is not over on the Eastern Front.
“A Flood of Good News, everyone! No Azov guy assault brigades have mutinied since yesterday!”
And bad news for Maxipad, as the only source he has is Telegram (nothing on RT), which has been wrong on just about every claim of a Ukraine attack.
You're a hate-filled, sick a-hole, Marcus.
Morale among troops is grim, ground down by relentless bombardment, a lack of advanced weapons, and losses on the battlefield. In cities hundreds of miles away from the front, the crowds of young men who lined up to join the army in the war’s early months have disappeared. Nowadays, eligible would-be recruits dodge the draft and spend their afternoons in nightclubs instead. Many have left the country altogether.
As I discovered while reporting from Ukraine over the past month, the picture that emerged from dozens of interviews with political leaders, military officers, and ordinary citizens was one of a country slipping towards disaster.
Even as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine is trying to find a way not to retreat, military officers privately accept that more losses are inevitable this summer. The only question is how bad they will be. Vladimir Putin has arguably never been closer to his goal.
“We know people are flagging and we hear it from regional governors and from the people themselves,” Andriy Yermak, Zelenskyy’s powerful chief of staff, told POLITICO. Yermak and his boss travel together to “some of the most dangerous places” to rally citizens and soldiers for the fight, he said. “We tell people: ‘Your name will be in the history books.’”
These FRUkrainians are a ghoulish lot, aren’t they?
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