{"id":1334400,"date":"2022-02-23T20:38:14","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T01:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1334400"},"modified":"2022-02-23T20:38:38","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T01:38:38","slug":"soldiers-mothers-group-accuses-russia-of-abandoning-troops-in-ukraine-border-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soldiers-mothers-group-accuses-russia-of-abandoning-troops-in-ukraine-border-village\/","title":{"rendered":"Soldiers&#039; Mothers Group Accuses Russia of Abandoning Troops in Ukraine Border Village"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsoldiers-mothers-group-accuses-russia-of-abandoning-troops-in-ukraine-border-village%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1334400&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-478165955-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A contingent of Russian soldiers currently stationed in Vesyolaya Lopan \u2014 a Russian village located 15 miles from Ukraine\u2019s eastern border \u2014 has recently been \u201cabandoned in awful conditions,\u201d the <em>Kyiv Post<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kyivpost.com\/ukraine-security\/russian-soldiers-mothers-group-troops-abandoned-in-awful-conditions.html\">reported<\/a> Monday.<\/p>\n<p>An NGO called the Committee of Soldiers\u2019 Mothers of Russia (<a href=\"https:\/\/rightlivelihood.org\/the-change-makers\/find-a-laureate\/the-committee-of-soldiers-mothers-of-russia-csmr\/\">CSMR<\/a>) told Russian and Ukrainian news outlets this week it received reports from village locals in recent days revealing the \u201cpoor\u201d living conditions of the roughly 100 Russian troops stationed there since last week.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe locals reported that the men are at Dolbino railway station, which is near their village, and consist of soldiers with conscripts interspersed, more than 100 men in total, from the Taman and Kantemirovskaya divisions,\u201d the <em>Kyiv Post<\/em> relayed on February 21.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Russian Committee of Soldiers Mothers has reported on the poor conditions in which over 100 young <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Russian?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Russian<\/a> soldiers are currently living in. It says that the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/soldiers?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#soldiers<\/a> have been there almost a week.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RussiaInvadedUkraine?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RussiaInvadedUkraine<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Military?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Military<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UkraineConflict?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UkraineConflict<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZOBirYMStz\">pic.twitter.com\/ZOBirYMStz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 KyivPost (@KyivPost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KyivPost\/status\/1495725029706944515?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Moscow Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/2022\/02\/21\/russian-troops-at-ukraines-border-face-nightmare-living-conditions-a76488\">said<\/a> it spoke to the CSMR on Monday to learn more about the troops\u2019 plight. According to the organization, the contingent is living in \u201cnightmare\u201d conditions including being forced to sleep on the cold tile floors of the Dolbino railway station.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThey have gone without food rations and proper accommodation for the last five days, with soldiers forced to pay out-of-pocket for supplies,\u201d the online newspaper revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Photos circulating on Russian social media platforms such as \u201cVK\u201d appear to <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/club144265572\">show<\/a> dozens of Russian soldiers sleeping directly on the floor of the Dolbino train station.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe conditions were first noticed after local residents reported an influx of soldiers and conscripts who claimed they had been left at the train station by military officers,\u201d the Moscow Times relayed.<\/p>\n<p>Some Vesyolaya Lopan locals have said through their own social media accounts they donated food and water to the soldiers after learning of their lack of provisions.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-02-20\/belarus-says-extending-drills-with-russia-near-ukraine-border\">amassed<\/a> up to 190,000 military personnel near Ukraine\u2019s border over the past several weeks, according to Western corporate media accounts.<\/p>\n<p>A resident of the Belarusian town of Khoyniki \u2014 located in the country\u2019s southeastern corner near its border with Ukraine \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/russian-troops-belarus-exercises-ukraine\/31711282.html\">told<\/a> Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty (RFE\/RL) on February 19 Russian soldiers had recently \u201csettled in the [town\u2019s] surrounding forests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey drink a lot and sell a lot of their diesel fuel. They are living in tents,\u201d an unnamed Khoyniki resident told the U.S. government-funded broadcaster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve seen with my own eyes the movement of tracked military vehicles on the streets of the city,\u201d the anonymous source claimed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A contingent of Russian soldiers currently stationed in Vesyolaya Lopan \u2014 a Russian village located 15 miles from Ukraine\u2019s eastern border \u2014 has recently been \u201cabandoned in awful conditions,\u201d the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1334400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1334400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1334400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1334400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1334400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1334400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1334400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}