One of those administering the punishments says: “It was their fault your guys were killed. Come over here and I’ll give them to you so you can tear them to pieces.”
    • tal@lemmy.today
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      11 months ago

      This is from a year back:

      https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/22/europe/russians-crowdfund-soldiers-ukraine-cmd-intl/index.html

      Russians buy boots and body armor for the troops, as the Kremlin tries to fix the campaign’s problems

      One Telegram channel detailed last month how a soldier with the call-sign Kaluga in the DPR’s 6th Motorized Rifles had appealed for help for his company of 74 men.

      “When we were already collecting orders and preparing for departure, people came to our warehouse in a row, carrying boxes and packages with the words: ‘This is for Kaluga from the 6th motorized rifle!’ Medicines, clothes, boots and even two wheelchairs, which the guys took to the local hospital.”

      You’ll notice the boots being mentioned there.