Memorial service in the city of Samara in Russia. Several hundred mobilized people who were killed or injured in the New Year’s attack in Ukraine came from here.
The general’s wife, Ekaterina Kolotovkina, takes the floor. You are calling on President Putin to take his revenge and mobilize more soldiers.
The general’s wife is a new invention of Kremlin PR. The goal is to stop criticism of the Russian military and reverse anger at the heavy losses suffered by the West and Ukraine.
The general’s wife was given a clipping about television channels. The message is clear: Russia must escalate the war.
Now those mobilized from Samara are being buried. How will Russia react to the high losses?
– Take revenge! Full mobilization of Russia, Yekaterina Kolotovkina says in front of Russian TV cameras in Samara on 3 January. She is the wife of the general of the Russian 2nd Army. She and she is the latest PR invention of the Kremlin’s propaganda apparatus.
When several hundred mobilized from Samara were killed or wounded on New Year’s Eve, the general’s wife appeared. Her job is to win the war on the home front. And to stop the criticism of the mobilization.
The mothers and wives of soldiers at the front, however, are persecuted.
It has been three months since Putin mobilized Russia. Thousands of untrained men were sent straight into the trenches. The Russian army had to be rebuilt. What did Russia use the time for?
This is one of the most important and difficult questions right now. The answer will determine what happens in the next phase of the war.
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