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Two relatives of those mobilized recorded video messages to Vladimir Putin in front of the direct line. The women demanded demobilization, the recordings were published by the telegram channel “MOBILIZATION I News”.
The women demanded “an immediate solution and justice” for their conscripted husbands and sons, who are forced to serve until the end of the war in Ukraine, unlike former prisoners.
“We do not demand a second mobilization. We demand justice for our mobilized men. They deserve to be at home with their families,” Anastasia Slavik, the mobilized wife’s wife, said in the video.
The woman also noted that those mobilized cannot return home even after being injured. In addition, Slavik announced violation of demobilization deadlines.
“People who fought in Afghanistan spent two years there. When there was a conflict in Chechnya - one year. Even the first prisoners who ended up in the SVO zone returned home after six months. When will there be demobilization for civilians? - said Elena Trofimova, whose only son was mobilized.
Russians who were mobilized in 2022 continue to remain at the front. Their wives, mothers and other relatives regularly go to protests at the Russian Ministry of Defense.
One of the associations of relatives of those mobilized, the “Way Home” movement, was included in the register of “foreign agents.” Also on this list is one of the activists, the wife of the mobilized Maria Andreeva. She was also forced to quit her job.