Resistance to Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine appears to be growing. Now Russian soldiers are also refusing orders.
Vladimir Putin wanted to completely dominate Ukraine in a few days, now the invasion war has lasted 47 days with moderate Russian successes but even more brutality against the civilian population. After just a few days, experts observed a drop in morale in the Russian armed forces, triggered by inadequate equipment, supply problems and misinformation from commanders. Now there are even refusals to obey orders.
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“Anything that can be done to help those affected by war must be done”
Specifically, as the “Daily Mail” reports, 60 paratroopers from Pskov refused his attack order. The parachute force was transferred from Russia to Belarus and should have jumped in to fight in Ukraine, but opposed it as a unit. As a result, the soldiers were transferred back to Russia, where some were fired from the army, labeled “cowards”, but some were also put on trial.
Chancellor Karl Nehammer will meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Monday afternoon. Before that, some rules of the game were defined for the meeting. A four-eyed meeting was agreed between the two politicians. There will be a photo, but cameras are not allowed, and the meeting will not take place in the Kremlin, but on one of Putin’s private properties. “Anything that can be done to help people affected by the war must be done,” said the Austrian head of government, explaining his trip to Russia.
“If the world ignores this, the monsters will decide that the world must adjust to them. The day will come when they will have to admit everything.”
However, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned his country of crucial days in the war. “Russian troops will advance to even greater operations in the east of our country,” he said in his late-night video speech. Zelensky accused Russia of evading responsibility for war crimes. “When people don’t have the courage to admit their mistakes, apologize, adapt to reality and learn, they turn into monsters. And when the world ignores that, monsters decide that it’s the world that adapts to them Ukraine will stop it all,” he said. “The day will come when they will have to admit everything.”
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