Angry Russian mothers have accused Vladimir Putin of deploying their sons as “cannon fodder” in his invasion of Ukraine, according to video footage of a confrontation with a regional governor that emerged on a day when police in Russia detained 4,500 anti-war protesters.
In the video, Sergey Tsivilev, governor of the Kuzbass region in Siberia, stood forlornly on a stage in a school gym as angry soldiers’ mothers accused the Kremlin of lying.
“We were all deceived, all deceived. They were sent there as cannon fodder, “one woman shouted. “They are young. They were unprepared.”
#Ukraine: The complete destruction of a Russian tank by a Stugna-P anti-tank guided missile. pic.twitter.com/Kjd5V1khqZ
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) March 7, 2022
#Ukraine: This time Ukrainian farmers helped the army to collect a captured Russian BTR-82A. pic.twitter.com/GWoOFJk1kZ
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) March 7, 2022
