MOSCOW — One in every of Russia’s most distinguished nationalist politicians stated the Russian army doesn’t have an satisfactory variety of medical doctors amongst different issues, a message he delivered in a gathering Saturday with the moms of troopers mobilized for the struggle in Ukraine.
The feedback by Leonid Slutsky, chief of the populist Liberal Democratic Celebration and chairman of the international relations committee within the decrease home of parliament, was a public admission of issues inside the army as Russian forces endure a collection of battlefield setbacks.
“There aren’t sufficient medical doctors within the army models. Everybody says this. I can not say they don’t exist in any respect, however they’re virtually not seen there,” Slutsky stated on the assembly in St. Petersburg.
Olga Suyetina, foster mom of a soldier mobilized for the Ukraine battle, stated she has heard from her son that the troops are underequipped.
“There are not any gunsights, nothing, we’ve to purchase them by crowdfunding,” she stated, referring to aiming gadgets for weapons. “There may be nothing; they left Kharkiv, there was zero, there was not even polyethylene to cowl the dugouts.”
Slutsky, a powerful supporter of Russia’s struggle in Ukraine, stated he would tackle the Protection Ministry about issues that troops face in Ukraine.
“We should perceive that the entire world is watching us. We’re the biggest state and after we would not have socks, shorts, medical doctors, intelligence, communication or just look after our kids, questions come up that shall be very troublesome to reply,” he stated.
The assembly got here a day after President Vladimir Putin met with one other group of troopers’ moms. At that assembly Friday, he criticized what he stated had been skewed media portrayals of Moscow’s army marketing campaign.
“Life is harder and various that what’s proven on TV screens and even on the web. There are lots of fakes, dishonest, lies there,” Putin stated.
Putin stated he generally speaks with troops straight by phone, in keeping with a Kremlin transcript and pictures of the assembly.
“I’ve spoken to [troops] who shocked me with their temper, their angle to the matter. They did not anticipate these calls from me,” Putin stated.
He added that the calls “give me each motive to say that they’re heroes.”
