Sunday, May 10, 2015

Russian Soldiers Quit Army Due to Ukraine Duty; One Russian Who Quit Says "That's Not Our War"

Some Russian soldiers are quitting the army because they are being forced to fight in Ukraine, several soldiers and human rights activists have told Reuters, the international news website reports today (May 10, 2015).

Their accounts contradict the Kremlin's continued assertions that no Russian soldiers have been sent to Ukraine, and that any Russians fighting alongside rebels there are "volunteers."

Evidence of Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine is abundant: Russian army equipment found in the country, Ukrainians who say they were captured by Russian paratroopers, etc. In other words, the evidence confirms that Russian President Vladimir Putin is not telling the truth when he says that Russian soldiers have not been assigned to fight in Ukraine.

One former Russian tank soldier from Moscow (whose name is not being revealed for fear of retaliation) told Reuters he quit the Russian army because he would not have gone to Ukraine voluntarily: "No, what for? That's not our war. If our troops were officially there it would be a different story."

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