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Russian Soldiers' Parents Head to Ukraine to Rescue Sons
Newsweek ^ | July 26, 2022 | Brendan Cole

Posted on 07/26/2022 4:01:56 PM PDT by Dr. Franklin

Russian soldiers refusing to fight on the frontlines of Ukraine are being rounded up and detained, prompting their family members to try to go to their rescue, it has been reported.

Troops, who thought they could opt to leave Russian forces after a three-month contract fighting in the Ukraine war, have instead reportedly been sent to a makeshift detention center in Bryanka, in the Luhansk region which Moscow says it now controls.

Relatives told The Insider... there is a large number of refuseniks which Moscow's military command is not letting return home, fearing others will follow their example.

The father of one Russian soldier told the outlet that soldiers who wanted to quit had been bullied back into rejoining the frontlines or else were kept in cramped spaces where they face tough conditions, forced labor and sometimes torture.

"It is better to give your soul to God than to go back there," the unnamed father told the outlet. "They no longer want to be up to their ears in the blood of their friends and comrades."

Relatives and parents of the troops have traveled to an administration building in the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) where the soldiers have been detained to try to get answers from the authorities, The Insider reported.

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"We need to do something, we need to get the children out of there and stop the lawlessness," one mother named by The Insider as Maria told the publication, "If we are the first, then others will follow. I don't know exactly how many of us there are, but I know there are many."

The Nestka publication reported last week that a center in the Luhansk region was where hundreds of servicemen who refused to fight had been taken, with many being held in basements and garages.

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


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: luhansk
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So Russia is using its puppet, the so-called Luhansk People's Republic to do what is illegal under Russian law. Outrage in Russia is building.

Is another Bolshevik style revolution brewing in Russia due to dissatisfaction with Putin's war?

1 posted on 07/26/2022 4:01:56 PM PDT by Dr. Franklin
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To: Zhang Fei; marcusmaximus; Paul R.; Bruce Campbells Chin; PIF; familyop; MercyFlush; tet68

Ukraine ping!

Someone may need to ping more FReepers about this.


2 posted on 07/26/2022 4:03:45 PM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: Dr. Franklin

There are so many crap articles coming out of the region.

Is this true? Are other stories true?

It’s just noise to me. You have to go to bedrock truth and
try to make sense from that.

Russia didn’t want the Ukraine to join NATO. The Ukraine
leadership said they wouldn’t join. Did Russia go home?

Anyone believing Russia at this point is just seriously
challenged.


3 posted on 07/26/2022 4:06:38 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which stands.)
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To: Dr. Franklin

Smells like a heavy dose of bull dump.


4 posted on 07/26/2022 4:07:49 PM PDT by JonPreston
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To: Dr. Franklin

March 15, 2022

Zelensky says the Ukraine will give up joining NATO.

https://www.newsweek.com/zelensky-nato-russia-putin-war-ukraine-1688145


5 posted on 07/26/2022 4:08:46 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which stands.)
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To: Dr. Franklin

Must be a slow news weak for Newsweak


6 posted on 07/26/2022 4:08:58 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it 🤪)
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7 posted on 07/26/2022 4:09:47 PM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: proust

Because it never happened, right?

Pleaaazzee.


8 posted on 07/26/2022 4:39:13 PM PDT by Apparatchik (If you find yourself in a confusing situation, simply laugh knowingly and walk away - Jim Ignatowski)
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To: Dr. Franklin

Maybe some putin lovers here could switch places with these soldiers so they could go home.


9 posted on 07/26/2022 4:41:42 PM PDT by FreshPrince
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To: DoughtyOne

Only useful idjits promote the idea that Putin is prosecuting an expansionist war rather than opposing the StateDept/CIA war which in his perspective threaten Russia and stopped the Minsk Agreements.

Case you’re not paying attention: Putin doesn’t give a damn about gaining all Ukraine
Only a total fool would think that Putin would challenge the West for territorry.
He is militarily attacking to regain Greater Russia territory? Seriously?!


10 posted on 07/26/2022 4:52:56 PM PDT by A strike (LGBFJRoberts)
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To: Dr. Franklin

I spotted a huge error in this article.

I did something terrible, and actually checked the source cited by Newsweek.

Look at this quote from Newsweek:

“The Nestka publication reported last week that a center in the Luhansk region was where hundreds of servicemen who refused to fight had been taken”

So I then checked the cited source for this article, and saw the number of deserters it listed was SEVENTEEN.

SEVENTEEN. It names each one.

It says the facility has the capacity to hold 133.

How many deserters and draft refusers are held in Ukrainian government prisons?


11 posted on 07/26/2022 4:55:58 PM PDT by Mount Athos
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To: Dr. Franklin

This article just serves to remind me that Newsweek has zero value now that mainstream US media has no credibility.


12 posted on 07/26/2022 5:06:35 PM PDT by The Duke (Search for 'Sydney Ducks' and understand what is needed.)
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To: Dr. Franklin

I do not believe this story at all.


13 posted on 07/26/2022 5:35:52 PM PDT by Salman (It's not a "slippery slope" if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: DoughtyOne

Commies lie. That’s the bottom line. You just have to figure out what They’re lying about.

CC


14 posted on 07/26/2022 5:39:54 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: A strike

Nonsense.

You guys are just lost in space.

Reality is a bitch.

Every reason he used to go in, worthless, and yet you still
stick with him.

What are you guys going to do when we’re at war with Russia
and China?

Are you going to state we started it and side with them?

You’ve got some serious thinking to do.


15 posted on 07/26/2022 5:39:55 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which stands.)
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To: Dr. Franklin

In fact Ukraine is catching up on PR. Russia released scores of the Ukrainian troops to their wives and parents who them applied for Russian cities zenship and settled there.


16 posted on 07/26/2022 5:42:44 PM PDT by NorseViking
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To: NorseViking

Commies lie and smart people do not fall for their propaganda


17 posted on 07/26/2022 5:45:21 PM PDT by TECTopcat
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To: NorseViking
cities zenship

Says the Russian dog currently managing this account whose software translation just broke.

18 posted on 07/26/2022 5:47:30 PM PDT by Brellium (The environment is of upmost importance, without trees where will we hang Moscovites?)
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To: Brellium

That’s autocorrection, clown. I think no extraordinary intellectual capacity is required to understand what I mean.


19 posted on 07/26/2022 5:49:48 PM PDT by NorseViking
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To: Dr. Franklin

That’s really sad.


20 posted on 07/26/2022 6:00:31 PM PDT by Theophilous Meatyard III
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