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‘We’re tired of being good girls’: Russia’s military wives and mothers protest against Putin (www.theguardian.com)

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

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

“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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Putin:

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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.