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"They’re treating us like we’re idiots:" Russian families search for military conscripts who disappeared during the Ukrainian incursion in Kursk. The Kremlin insists they were never there. (meduza.io)

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On August 9, Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry declared a federal-level emergency in the Kursk region, where Ukrainian forces had already been advancing for four days. Anywhere from several dozen to several hundred non-mobilized conscripts may have been in the region when Ukrainian troops crossed the border. Journalists from the independent outlet Verstka spoke with the families of seven conscripts serving near the city of Sudzha to learn the fates of these young men who, according to Russian law, should be stationed “outside of the conflict zone.”

“When [the village of] Guevo was captured, the boys who were surrounded texted their mothers, begging for help. But we can’t get through to [the Defense Ministry hotline in] Moscow at all. The enlistment offices just tell us, ‘What nonsense are you talking about? They’re not there, their phones were just taken away.’ Basically, they’re treating us like we’re idiots."

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[–] xavier666@lemm.ee 10 points 3 months ago

Dyatlov: You didn't see graphite.

Sitnikov: I did.

Dyatlov: You didn't. You DIDN'T, because it's not there!