A contingent of Russian soldiers presently stationed in Vesyolaya Lopan– a Russian town situated 15 miles from Ukraine’s eastern border– has actually just recently been “deserted in horrible conditions,” the Kyiv Post reported Monday.
An NGO called the Committee of Soldiers’ Moms of Russia (CSMR) informed Russian and Ukrainian news outlets today it got reports from village locals in current days exposing the “bad” living conditions of the approximately 100 Russian troops stationed there since last week.
“The residents reported that the men are at Dolbino train station, which is near their village, and include soldiers with conscripts sprinkled, more than 100 men in total, from the Taman and Kantemirovskaya divisions,” the Kyiv Post relayed on February 21.
The Russian Committee of Soldiers Moms has reported on the poor conditions in which over 100 young #Russian soldiers are presently living in. It says that the #soldiers have actually been there almost a week.#RussiaInvadedUkraine #Military #UkraineConflict pic.twitter.com/ZOBirYMStz
— KyivPost (@KyivPost) February 21, 2022
The Moscow Times said it talked to the CSMR on Monday to get more information about the troops’ plight. According to the organization, the contingent is living in “nightmare” conditions including being forced to sleep on the cold tile floorings of the Dolbino railway station.
“They have gone without food provisions and appropriate lodging for the last five days, with soldiers forced to pay out-of-pocket for products,” the online paper exposed.
Pictures flowing on Russian social media platforms such as “VK” appear to reveal dozens of Russian soldiers sleeping straight on the floor of the Dolbino train station.
“The conditions were very first noticed after local citizens reported an influx of soldiers and conscripts who claimed they had actually been left at the train station by military officers,” the Moscow Times communicated.
Some Vesyolaya Lopan locals have actually said through their own social media accounts they donated food and water to the soldiers after learning of their absence of provisions.
Russia has generated approximately 190,000 military personnel near Ukraine’s border over the past numerous weeks, according to Western corporate media accounts.
A local of the Belarusian town of Khoyniki– located in the nation’s southeastern corner near its border with Ukraine– told Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) on February 19 Russian soldiers had just recently “settled in the [town’s] surrounding forests.
“They consume a lot and sell a great deal of their diesel fuel. They are living in tents,” an unnamed Khoyniki citizen informed the U.S. government-funded broadcaster.
“I have actually seen with my own eyes the movement of tracked military cars on the streets of the city,” the confidential source declared.