British intelligence: Russian military's presence at war in Ukraine is increasingly causing protests from their relatives

British intelligence: Russian military's presence at war in Ukraine is increasingly causing protests from their relatives

Kyiv  •  UNN

November 20 2023, 09:41 AM • 2371 views

On November 7, wives of Russian military personnel held the first public street protest in Moscow since the invasion of Ukraine. The protesters demanded that their husbands be sent home from the front.

On November 7, the wives of military probably for the first time since the full-scale invasion. The fact that Russians are at war without rotation is increasingly perceived as unacceptable by both the soldiers themselves and their relatives, according to a a new report by the UK Ministry of Defense, UNN reports .

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According to intelligence, on November 7 On November 7, 2023, the wives of Russian military personnel held what was probably the first public street protest in Moscow since the invasion of Ukraine.

The protesters gathered on the central Theater Square and unfurled posters demanding that their their men from the front line.

Starting in February 2022 Since February 2022, appeals from Russian wives and mothers protesting against the conditions of service of their loved ones.

However, the draconian legislation in Russia does not yet allow relatives of military personnel to unite into an influential lobbying force, as soldiers' mothers did during the the Afghan-Soviet war of the 1980s.

Law enforcement officers dispersed a the protest on the theater square within minutes.

The protesters' direct demand the protesters' immediate demand. It is obvious that the indefinite stay of personnel in combat conditions without rotation is increasingly perceived as unacceptable both by the servicemen themselves and their relatives

- noted in the intelligence

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