‘We’re tired of being good girls’: Russia’s military wives and mothers protest against Putin

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/25/russia-military-wives-mothers-protest-against-putin-war-ukraine-troops-female

Female-led movements are challenging the official narrative that mobilised troops are required for war against Ukraine

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SpicyPeaSoup@kbin.social · 4 pts · 2y

“Putin first lied to us that civilians would never have to fight,” she says. “You start thinking: is he also lying about why we are in Ukraine?”

The man literally is incapable of telling the truth.

gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y

Putin:

best I can do is crippling women’s rights in Russia

Deceptichum@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y

Fuck them all, I hope their husbands all die, they get called up after and also die.

We want a total demobilisation. Civilians should not be engaged in the fighting,” says one of the women at the start of the nine-minute address this month. “There are many of us, and our numbers will only grow

They don’t want peace. They just don’t want to be the ones risking their lives.