- Russian troops are selling goods stolen from Ukrainians, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said.
- They “arranged a specialized bazaar” in a small town in Belarus, officials said.
- They sell profits from “looting and robbing of the civilian population in Ukraine,” the defense ministry said.
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Russian troops have opened a market in Belarus to sell goods stolen from Ukrainians during the invasion, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said.
The Defense Ministry said the Russians are selling “washing machines, dishwashers, refrigerators, valuable jewelry, cars, bicycles, motorcycles, tableware, carpets, artwork, children’s toys, cosmetics.”
“That is, everything the Russians gained by looting and robbing the civilians in Ukraine,” the ministry said in a Facebook post on Saturday, adding that the Russians “held a specialized bazaar” in the small Belarusian town of Naroulia “.
The Ministry of Defense said that a Russian “convoy of trucks of various characteristics – industrial goods and household items” is currently moving from the Ukrainian city of Buryn towards the Russian border.
Meanwhile, in the Belarusian city of Mozir, Russian troops are unloading “packages containing looted items” from Russian military vehicles, the ministry said.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko said on Thursday that Ukrainians “will never forget” the looting of “ordinary people”.
“As Russian troops retreat from the Kyiv region after suffering immense casualties, they are looting homes of ordinary people,” Nikolenko said tweeted. “Electronics, clothes, shoes, cosmetics. This isn’t an army. That’s a shame. We will never forget and we will never forgive.”
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has dragged into its sixth week, with unsuspecting Russian troops facing stiff resistance from Ukraine.
Russia’s Defense Ministry announced last week that it would scale back its military attacks on Kyiv and Chernihiv, although the United States is skeptical of these claims.
“We believe this is a repositioning, not an actual retreat, and that we should all be prepared to watch for a major offensive against other areas of Ukraine,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said.