Russian Women Struggle After Men Flee Ukraine-War Draft

Hundreds of thousands of Russian men are reported to have fled the country since Moscow announced a "partial" mobilization in September. Many left family and loved ones behind. Their wives and partners have been left with the burden of raising a family alone.
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[@johnmccain3877]

I'm wondering how it's hard for her struggle when there is no shells falling from the sky, electricity is always present and no dead bodies on the street... Probably it's very hard...

[@a7yout257]

IT WILL NOT BE LONG BEFORE SHE FALLS INTO THE ARMS OF ANOTHER ORC, BUT ALL HER ANXIETY DISAPPEARED WHEN HE SENT HER MONEY. SHE NEEDS A REALITY CHECK, STARTING WITH UKRAINE ATTACKING RUSSIAN POWER STATIONS, STARTING IN MOSCOW AND ST PETERSBURG THEN WORKING THEIR WAY OUT TO THE COLDEST AREAS. PLUS TAKING OUT MORE SHOPPING CENTRES, THE RUSSIANS NEED TO BE CAREFUL WHERE THEY SMOKE, THOSE CIGARETTE ENDS CAN CAUSE FIRES!

[@johnwayne8494]

I mean she literally has to raise two children alone as a woman in an economic and social environment like Russia. Ukrainians might be better off in this case

[@CGplay186]

John McCain typical western to think one's suffering can not be bad if someone else suffering is worse, Russia will end you uncivilized world and create a better world were we care for another no matter what hardship. Slava Russia

[@arog7493]

@@johnwayne8494 Better off? Most certainly not, considering the fact that Ukrainian men are also leaving to actually fight in the war to protect their homeland, so the women of Ukraine are both alone to take care of their children on top of the possibility of Russian shelling. It's terrible for everyone involved, be they Russian or Ukrainian.

[@CuckFinn]

You pity two different people at once retard 🙄 such a soy boy statement

[@cabininthewoods7326]

Are we supposed to be sympathetic? There are no missiles flying into her building. There is heat and electricity, food and water.

[@laus7080]

Yes, if you're not sympathetic there's something wrong with your heart or brain.

[@Pikkabuu]

@@laus7080 Why should we feel symphaty for the people who allowed this all to start?!

[@MrJankert64]

@@Pikkabuu because it would be the right thing to do. it is that, that separates us from being monsters, like putin!!!.

[@a7yout257]

NO YOU SHOULD NOT BE SYMPATHETIC, YOU ARE SPOT ON CORRECT, LET UKRAINE TAKE OUT THE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE OF RUSSIA SO THEY CAN SUFFER THIS WINTER.

[@a7yout257]

@@Pikkabuu OR YOU HAVE JUST SEEN SO MUCH SUFFERING OF UKRAINIANS THAT YOU THINK IT IS TIME FOR PAYBACK, PERSONALLY I GET GREAT PLEASURE FROM SEEING THE DEAD RUSSIAN BODIES, SOME ROTTING, SOME BLOWN INTO BITS, SOME CHARGRILLED FROM BEING INSIDE A TANK WHEN NLAW CAUGHT UP WITH THEM. IF RUSSIANS FORMED A RESISTANCE I WOULD HAVE SYMPATHY, IF RUSSIANS STOPPED USING PHRASES LIKE "I AM NOT POLITICAL" (THE DEAD UKRAINIAN CHILDREN WERE NOT POLITICAL EITHER) THEN I MIGHT BEGIN TO HAVE SYMPATHY. RUSSIANS CREATED THIS MONSTER PUTIN BY THEIR OWN INACTIVITY, IT IS CLEAR FROM THE RUSSIAN VLOGGERS THAT THEY ARE FULLY AWARE AND CLEAR FROM RUSSIAN Z TELEGRAM CHANNELS THAT THEY ARE AS BAD AS THE SUPPORTERS OF HITLER WERE IN WW2. THAT RUSSIAN WOMAN CAN STOP FEELING SORRY FOR HERSELF, SHE CAN START A KZbin CHANNEL IN RUSSIAN AIMED AT INFORMING RUSSIANS OF THE WAR CRIMES THEIR GOVERNMENT HAS COMMITTED, SHE CAN BECOME AN ENEMY OF HER STATE AND SEEK ASYLUM IN THE WEST. THEN I MIGHT START TO RESPECT HER, BUT OTHERWISE SHE CAN ROT WITH THE REST OF THEM.

[@elisabethperrin8604]

Not a single word for the poor Ukrainians.

[@perfectmazda3538]

well a lot of ruski are narcisistic, thinking only about themselves, i'm sure that the only thing they want is immediate "peace" even if ukraine loses territories, they don't care about other lives or countries if not their own...

[@HisameArtwork]

she's russian, what do you expect? you'll have better luck finding a brit condemning the colonization of Africa.

[@a7yout257]

YOU SEE YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD BECAUSE THIS IS THE NATURE OF RUSSIANS, THEY ARE SELFISH TO THE CORE AND ONLY LEFT WHEN THEY WERE AFFECTED, WE CAN LEARN A LOT FROM THIS AND WE CAN TEACH THEM HOW TO CHANGE RUSSIA FOREVER. STARTING BY KILLING THEIR COMMANDERS AND THE ENFORCERS OF POWER IN RUSSIA FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. MOLOTOV WORKS VERY WELL, TAKE OUT THE VEHICLES LEFT PARKED IN POLICE STATIONS, FROM CARS TO BUSES, TAKE OUT THEIR BUILDINGS, TAKE OUT THE FACTORIES THAT MAKE ANYTHING USEFUL FOR THE WAR, TAKE OUT ANYONE WHO ENABLES THE GANGSTER RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT. I SIMPLY DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THIS HAS NOT HAPPENED EN MASSE IN RUSSIA, I AM SURE IF SOME NAZI REGIME CAME TO POWER IN ANY CIVILIZED COUNTRY THEY WOULD BE SUCH A RESISTANCE WITHIN WEEKS. ALL CARRIED OUT BY SMALL CELLS WHO ARE NOT ORGANISED BUT WHO RECOGNISE THAT THEIR REGIME WILL MAKE RUSSIA PAY THE DEBTS FINANCIAL AND MORAL FOR THE NEXT 150 YEARS.

[@indethbed2546]

you didn’t say a single word about the yemeni people. how can you be so inconsiderate?

[@perfectmazda3538]

@@indethbed2546 yemens have an internal conflict, not like ukraine...

[@rafaelparra5709]

Why does she complain? 😡 She still has a husband and her children are not orphans, she has aplace to live and food for her and the children. At the end of the war she will reunited with him. Thousands of Ukrainians women are widows and a lot of Ukrainian children orphans😡.

[@Nubbe999]

At least they choose not to go to Ukraine and kill people. It would be good if they could be part of changing the government but not fighting is also good. When he gets a job maybe she and the kids could live there too.

[@laus7080]

Saying that she shouldn't complain is pretty psycho of you tbh. How do you blaim this family for lost Ukrainian lives.. he fled so he doesn't have to fight.

[@asanitationstompout8473]

That foo might not make it back either

[@tgorski52]

Nailed it

[@Pikkabuu]

@@laus7080 If the ordinary Russians had told Putin where he can go years ago this wouldn't have happened! And they could still throw Putin there, so the blame is fully on their shoulders!

[@8-Tryzub-8]

Oh, my heart bleeds for the Russians. He didn't run in February in opposition to the war, he ran when he realized he would be mobilized.

[@a7yout257]

ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, SELFISH TO THE CORE, TOTALLY INADEQUATE PERSON IN DEED AND THOUGHT, NO SYMPATHY FOR HIS PATHETIC PARTNER OR THEIR ORC CHILDREN. WE ALL HAVE SEEN WHAT THEY GROW UP TO BE.

[@concernedrabbit9075]

What if the 700000who fled had taken to the streets and caused a general strike? Something.

[@Joe90V]

For decades Russians lived under a totalitarian regime, their apathy is what kept them alive and out of the gulag.

[@karanpreetkalra4550]

Perhaps he didn't care, or couldn't care about the war, but his life? Pretty much the same result, defying the war. If Putin does not take part in the battlefield itself, he is simply displaying the terrorism of his weapons.

[@coldcoder3138]

@@concernedrabbit9075 No, it wouldn't work, they have to take weapons and storm Kremlin.

[@synappticuser7296]

And are we supposed to cry!

[@a7yout257]

ONLY CRY FOR UKRAINIANS, ZERO SYMPATHY FOR THE RATS LEAVING THE SINKING SHIP, ZERO SYMPATHY FOR HIS PATHETIC WIFE WHO GOT OVER IT WHEN THE FIRST PAY CHECK ARRIVED AND NO SYMPATHY FOR THE KIDS WHO WILL LIKELY BE THE ORCS OF TOMORROW OR CANNON FODDER.

[@phantom_wolf5274]

You don’t have to make a public comment to say your ignorant opinion just keep it to yourself

[@synappticuser7296]

@@phantom_wolf5274 Phantom, I seriously would cry for these women, who are facing real hardship, but I don't see any of them crying, or showing any remorse whatsoever, for the way their countrymen have raped, tortured, and murdered civilian Ukrainian people!

[@dpt6849]

Take a bite out of an onion yes

[@PeterSedesse]

anyone tell her that over 500 children have been killed by her country?

[@_WinterSnow]

Which is not her fault?

[@tuna5618]

@@_WinterSnow No one said it's her fault, the point is she isn't the one really struggling. The people struggling are the people who have the screams of dying children permanently burned into the minds. Oh but sure this woman has it rough.

[@phantom_wolf5274]

@@tuna5618you know not all struggle is the same right?

[@fenderOCG]

Man forced to flee for his life/killed in war/permanently maimed, woman most affected. Story never changes.

[@JL-XrtaMayoNoCheese]

All that matters

[@milybanily]

The pain of separation ?? Its a joke ??'

[@PapaGringo1]

The conscripts should have refused and started a revolution. But that would have taken balls. Only the wealthy educated ruZZians fled. The poor bastards from the rural and remote areas are the ones dying. Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@elisabethperrin8604]

Absolutely!

[@a7yout257]

TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU ALF EXCEPT I HAVE NO SYMPATHY FOR THE RURAL FOLK, THEY TEND TO BE XENOPHOBIC AND IGNORANT., THE POPULATION OF RUSSIA WILL BE THINNED OUT BY 2 MILLION IN THE NEXT YEAR AND IN A CRITICAL DEMOGRAPHIC, GEOPOLITICALLY THIS WILL BE THE END OF RUZZIA THIS IS THEIR LAST WAR AND THERE WILL BE SUCH SHAME THEY WILL HAVE TO CHANGE THEIR NAME, THEIR FLAG AND THEIR WAY OF LIFE. THEY WILL BE PAYING REPARATIONS FOR 150 YEARS.

[@phantom_wolf5274]

“The conscripts should have refused and started a revolution” that’s very easy for you to say and besides they’re turning against Putin

[@ZhovtoBlakytniy]

Russians have revolted over less, but they don't do it often and always get the same results.

[@PapaGringo1]

@@a7yout257 the reason the rural folk are xenophobic is because there only means of news is through the ruZZian propaganda broadcast on TV and mostly ineducated. They have no internet providers. They are insulated and therefore perfect for being sent as cannon fodder for litlle vladoph putler the great and his general. I watched a video on 1420. The question was asked by the interviewer if they believed the number of 100k ruZZian troops killed. Only one guy who was conscripted and returned alive said it was true. He saw the slaughter of his company. These are the guys who are a danger to the current regime but most of them are from rual areas far from Moscow. They also could be killed easily and the Muscovites wouldnt give a shit. They are uncivilized.

[@florinadrian5174]

I understand the lack of sympathy from many commentators, but think practically: every Russian who chose exile is one less foe on the battlefield. So we should encourage and support these refugees, just as we should help Ukraine as much as possible to end this war quickly and justly.

[@matsfrommusic]

Exactly...and exactly...and exactly..

[@sata1938]

We should put russian "refugees" in forced labor camps. It's about all that they and their families (children included) deserve.

[@a7yout257]

THAT IS AN INTERESTING POINT BUT THOSE RATS THAT LEFT ARE STILL FUNDING THIS WAR WITH THEIR TAXES AND MONEY, WHEN THEY PAY RENT THEIR LANDLORD PAYS TAX, WHEN THE WIFE SPENDS MONEY AT HOME SHE PAYS TAX AND ALL THIS TAX IS BLOOD MONEY THAT FUNDS THE WAR. I DON'T CARE IF THEY GO TO WAR BECAUSE I KNOW THEY WILL BE KILLED OR MAIMED ON THE BATTLEFIELD OR BY THEIR OWN INCOMPETENCE. SO I HOPE THE FSB CATCH THE RAT DEPICTED IN THIS VIDEO, I HOPE THEY SEND HIM TO PRISON WHERE HIS SHEET HOLE WILL BE EXPANDED (I HAVE ALREADY SEEN VIDEOS OF RUSSIAN CONVICTS RAPING CONSCRIPTED MEN) THEN HE CAN BE SENT TO THE FRONT LINE AND HOPEFULLY ARTILLERY WILL MAKE FOR AN ARTISTIC DEAD BODY THAT IS AT LEAST EDUCATIONAL FOR DOCTORS. THE PROBLEM IS I HAVE SEEN WAR, LOST SOLDIERS I TRAINED WITH SO MY HEART WILL ALWAYS BE WITH UKRAINE AND I HAVE ABSOLUTELY ZERO SYMPATHY FOR ANY RUSSIANS, ESPECIALLY THE RATS AND THE WIVES THEY ABANDONED.

[@matsfrommusic]

@@a7yout257 Caps lock broken?

[@phantom_wolf5274]

This is the best comment I have ever seen

[@robertbrooks6167]

I really hope Putin stands trial. Sending a strong message to the world.

[@a7yout257]

I DON'T KNOW, I THINK RUSSIA NEEDS TO STAND TRIAL, PUTIN CAN BE "PUT IN" A TANK AND $1M DOLLAR REWARD FOR FIRST NLAW OR OTHER MISSILE TO COOK HIM ALIVE AND TO A CRISP.

[@solsouth]

Yes Mr. Brooks and what about the USA, UK, France are they going on trial too for all their war crimes? Invading foreign countries to acquire resources. Fukc you biased westerners.

[@matsfrommusic]

I think that's probably very true.

[@bunnylarese2161]

Bush was never tried for his crimes

[@matsfrommusic]

@@bunnylarese2161 Nobody cares

[@c.erine78]

I can't you all, I just can't. Seriously?

[@MrDino1953]

Can’t what?

[@mrd6869]

At least he's alive. Imagine the pain of seperation from him being dead. They'll have to make it work

[@purdunetae2995]

I appreciate RF Europe for posting this story but I have no sympathy. These women still have homes, electricity, water, food, and heat. They are not doing anything to stop their government. Their cowardly husbands have ran away and let the world deal with their government. Glory to the Heroes of Ukraine!

[@a7yout257]

WELL TO BE HONEST THIS IS THE FIRST RADIO LIBERTY VIDEO I CONSIDERED VOTING DOWN, I DO NOT GIVE A DAMN ABOUT RUSSIANS, I SEE THE SAME SELFISH BEHAVIOUR IN THE VLOGGERS WHO LEFT THE COUNTRY BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT GET PAID, SOME EVEN WENT BACK ONCE THEY SECURED THEY INCOME STREAM. YOU ARE RIGHT EVERY RUSSIAN CITIZEN THAT SHOWS APATHY IS RESPONSIBLE, IT WOULD BE SO EASY TO START A RESISTANCE. ANYONE CAN MAKE A MOLOTOV THEY DO NOT NEED TO BE ORGANISED THEY JUST NEED TO BE ACTIVE. BLOWING UP THEIR ELECTRICITY INFRASTRUCTURE IS A PROPORTIONAL RESPONSE AND IT STOPS THE RUSSIAN TV PROPAGANDA. BLOWING UP RUSSIAN PIPELINES MEANS RUSSIAN OIL WILL FREEZE, EXPAND AND BURST, IT TOOK 30 YEARS TO FIX LAST TIME. RUSSIANS NEED TO TARGET THE ENFORCERS OF THE POWER THEY ALL SEEM TO BE SO SCARED OF, EVEN IF ALL THEY DO IS VANDALISE THEIR CCTV IT IS A START AND PAVES THE WAY FOR SOMETHING BOLDER.

[@matsfrommusic]

I have little sympathy as well but as said, emotions aside and looking practically it may be the better option in terms of supporting Ukraine.

[@phantom_wolf5274]

Ok keyboard warrior, did your instagram post with the Ukrainian flag saying “no war” help the people of Ukraine?

[@Citizen16603]

Great post.

[@_WinterSnow]

Who asked for your sympathy? Those women are humans, too. The men are not cowards for fleeing from a war they don't want to take part in. They want to stay alive with their families and friends instead of killing innocents and dying a terrible death for nothing. I don't think there is anything they could to stop the war anyway.

[@ellasmommy9278]

I feel sorry for her and wonder why she didn't just go with him? But I feel more sorry for the women and children of Ukraine who had to leave their own homes, or stayed and now have no power or water. Or lived underground with their children for months. I'm glad her husband has chosen not to fight. I hope he survives the conflict.

[@a7yout257]

I FEEL THE EXACT OPPOSITE, I HOPE SHE LEAVES HIM AND FINDS ANOTHER, I HOPE HER NEW MAN IS SENT TO UKRAINE AND WE SEE HIM DEAD FROM ARTILLERY, I HOPE HER RAT HUSBAND GETS CAUGHT BY THE FSB, IS SENT TO PRISON WITH ALL THE USUAL RUSSIAN DELIGHTS. THE ONLY RUSSIANS DESERVING OF SYMPATHY ARE THOSE THAT FORM RESISTANCE TO THEIR GOVERNMENT, FAR TOO MANY UKRAINIANS HAVE DIED, INCLUDING CHILDREN, WIVES, ELDERLY AND HEROES. NEVER FORGIVE NEVER FORGET. THE OFFSPRING OF THE RATS CAN ALL BE THE CANNON FODDER FOR THE OTHER COUNTRIES THAT PUTIN PLANS TO INVADE.

[@ZhovtoBlakytniy]

I have seen too many shredded and maimed Ukrainian children to care about her or husband, but I feel for her children

[@veneficarius]

"its special operation remote parenting "

[@HisameArtwork]

lol, good one. at east now he has an excuse not to help the wife with the chores. In Romania women do most of the work and have jobs, so husband or no husband meh, one less dish to wash. many don't come home drunk to beat them, I bet many of these wives are very happy but they still want the widow pay check.

[@a7yout257]

THE ONLY THING SPECIAL ABOUT THIS OPERATION IS THAT UKRAINE HAS NOT HIT BACK PROPERLY, THE TIME FOR HITTING BACK IS UPON US. STARTING WITH RUSSIAN ENERGY, FROM DOMESTIC ELECTRICITY SUPPLY TO THE OIL AND GAS.

[@donald4624]

I tried to work up a sympathy but the best I could manage was a fart, I guess that'll have to do.

[@a7yout257]

YOU ARE TOO GOOD TO THEM, A FART IS WARM AND THEY LIKE THE SMELL.

[@tunahxushi4669]

I could not even manage a fart in sympathy to Russians' struggles, must be something wrong with me?...

[@ZeyaRudaRozena97]

I was trying that too and I shit my pants So I thought about donating the poo to Russia Then I thought of Vladimir Pootin And I shit myself again

[@a7yout257]

@@ZeyaRudaRozena97 PUTIN WOULD LOVE YOUR POOP, IT WOULD BE DELICIOUS FOR HIM.

[@isotropisch82]

Looking for my sympathy... can't find it.

[@cjb2749]

If she needs him so desperately, why didn't they all go..? I know a few young Russian families who fled the war, and it's been almost a full year since they sold or stored their large possessions and left, TOGETHER, because they didn't agree with the "fight" and weren't willing to be part of the battle. The separation seems to be having a negative impact on their whole family; I don't understand why she and the children stayed behind

[@a7yout257]

THERE IS A FEMALE RUSSIAN VLOGGER WHO IS NOT EXACTLY INTELLECTUAL, MOST EYE CANDY FOR DESPERATE MEN, SHE LEFT WITH HER BOYFRIEND BUT NEVER MENTIONS HIM IN HER VIDEOS. SHE ONLY LEFT SO HE COULD AVOID MOBILISATION.

[@Silveirias]

I reckon many families can't afford to move abroad together. And some probably just don't want to.

[@lenitaa7938]

I know why! Because the Russian men have had to leave very quickly! Or be forcibly taken by the Military to serve the next or the next day! A very Difficult decision for the family men! Also, some have their homes, they have disabled, elderly parents, children! To uproot them is a big decision and logistics involved, as well as lots of money! The families, in general, are not at risk by the authorities, at this time! The men have to find a Safe haven First! Many hope that the War will be over soon, and they can come back to their families! Others are making arrangements for their families to join them! Many never want to come back to Russia, they mistrust the Govt, fed up with the Dictatorship, poor economy and infrastructure, endemic corruption, draconian Censorship, politics, etc.. These, for sure, will be sending for their families and parents, when so decided! Other families would never leave their homeland, no matter how bad things are.. There is always a real possibility that some bordering countries can expel and send these men straight back to Russia! Some countries have close relationships with Putin! Also, how to generate income and send money to families.. The internet bloggers have a big advantage, they make money online. They send money to family in Russia! Many countries that have Sanctioned Russia do not allow the Russian people to access their bank accnts not to use their Russian Visa credit cards, etc!! So, many logistical issues and practical realities!

[@a7yout257]

@@lenitaa7938 MY HEART BLEEDS NOT NOT NOT, THEY ARE COWARDS, RATS AND COCKROACHES. IT WAS A DIFFICULT DECISION WHEN MILLIONS OF UKRAINIAN WOMEN HAD TO LEAVE THEIR LAND WITH THEIR CHILDREN WHILE THEIR MEN FOUGHT AGAINST THE RUSSHIST INVADERS. I AM SO FED UP OF RUSSISTS WHINING, THEY SHOULD EITHER FIGHT WILLINGLY AS THE DRONES THEY ARE OR FORM A RESISTANCE. I HOPE ALL THAT LEFT END UP BEING CAUGHT AND PUT IN THE MEAT GRINDER. THEY ARE COMPLICIT IN THE WAR CRIMES BY NOT STANDING AGAINST THEIR GENOCIDAL MANIAC PUTIN.

[@a7yout257]

@@Silveirias YES IT IS ALL ABOIUT THE MONEY.

[@Traveling_Chic]

no feeling towards this at all. cowards

[@Traveling_Chic]

crap shouldnt even be a story/ tell Ukrainian hardships!!!

[@ZhovtoBlakytniy]

Does she look at her sons and think they're the mobiks of the future?

[@jzero4813]

She's alive. Her husband is alive. Her kids are alive. I'm not sure what the terrible hardship is here. Why are we trying to feel sorry for Russians?

[@neonpirych1566]

Кто тебя просит жалеть?

[@phantom_wolf5274]

They’re breathing oxygen so there’s no possible way they can be suffering in any way

[@resistancerat]

This is where "I'm not really interested into politics" will get you.

[@singlewhitefemale1707]

What about the thousands of Ukranian women that had to flee their homes for another foreign country and leave their husbands behind to fight for their land, KNOWING they may very well die? I don't feel bad about the Russian women struggling because their husbands fled and left them behind. I think it only fair they struggle as the Ukrainian women do. At least they know their husbands are SAFE.

[@cskvision]

It's still a happy life for her and the kids. Papa won't be coming home as Cargo 200 like most other mobilized cannon fodder troops

[@u.h.h4915]

I DON’T CARE ABOUT ORCS‼️‼️‼️😡🤬

[@klaudheath2665]

No sympathy at alll…I don’t see rockets destroying their homes or infrastructure…….Slava ukraini🇺🇦

[@laus7080]

Your anger makes you blind.

[@klaudheath2665]

@@laus7080 Slava 🇺🇦

[@a7yout257]

@@laus7080 NO IT DOESN'T HIS EYES ARE WIDE OPEN AND HE SEES EVERYTHING.

[@a7yout257]

BUT YOU SHOULD BE SEEING ROCKETS DESTROYING RUSSIAN ENERGY INSTALLATIONS AT THE VERY LEAST, TAKE OUT THEIR ELECTRICITY AND YOU TAKE OUT THE RUSSIAN TV. THEN MAYBE PEOPLE WILL SEEK OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND STUMBLE ACROSS THE TRUTH.

[@klaudheath2665]

@@a7yout257 Slava 🇺🇦

[@rd9301]

I struggle more to watch the entire video with the sappy piano music playing than she's """struggling""". She's obviously very comfortable in her nice little house.

[@phantom_wolf5274]

You think raising kids alone is easy?

[@rd9301]

@@phantom_wolf5274 Under normal circumstances it's already EASY, seeing as she isn't a single mother who has to be the sole breadwinner in the family. And if you think it's hard to raise kids alone, DON'T HAVE KIDS and especially don't have TWO 😘

[@tatradak]

The horrors of war.. What are citizens to do when they disagree with the regime ... Some protest, some run, some write, some sing, some die but everyone suffers.. There is never a winner in war.

[@jvarner7088]

These are not the innocent victims of a war imposed upon them by an unscrupulous tyrant.

[@madeleinesuzette]

On the positive side of this tragic situation..At least Dad is still alive and has the possibility of returning at some stage in one piece and not as a murderer or in a coffin!! If the father was drafted the woman would still be on her own !!

[@corazonagoncillo2699]

It is really sad what the invasion of Ukraine has done to people on both sides: deaths,separation,suffering.

[@u.h.h4915]

THE WAR FROM ruZZki apolitical Orcs 😡🤬✊🏻‼️

[@larrylyon6695]

Too bad chica.

[@RuleofFive]

How depressing for families like this. You don't want to participate in the slaughter of your neighbors so you have to flee your own country and separate from your wife and children. I wonder what the future holds for families like this?

[@cjb2749]

They didn't have to separate, though? They could have all left together, like many other families did. I'm so confused

[@johnwayne8494]

Probably didn't have the money to bring them.

[@cjb2749]

@@johnwayne8494 did you not see their home..? Their belongings..? They surely could've pulled it together. I know of at least 3 families with toddlers AND pregnant wives, who were not at all financially well off, but they sold what they could, stored what they had to, and fled as a family. Not all together; 3 separate families. Many families fled Russia last year, and most of them took only the bare minimum. Being together should be the thing that matters most.

[@RuleofFive]

@@cjb2749 I don't know. I don't know the visa situation or the work situation of these people. Maybe the wife has a good job and they can't afford to be without the income. I don't know. It's just sad. This struggle pales in comparison to the experience Ukraine is going through now but this war has been good for no one except defense contractors.

[@RuleofFive]

@@a7yout257 They have two small children. Get off your high horse. There are thousands who openly opposed Putin and they're sitting in prison for ten years. How would that be better for them?

[@thetruthshallsetyoufree1700]

Russian women who volunteer their husbands, boyfriends and sons for conscription get a reward of a 1kg bag of dried fish! What a deal! Go for it girl. 😂😂😂😂

[@a9s2w5]

It's got to be a real struggle knowing your husband is safe in a known location of choice. I just can't imagine how terrible that is, to only be able to video chat. While others are fortunate enough to get to visit their loved ones in person, at graveyards. Some have it even better because they enjoy the absolute unknown from silence. Cause you know, out of sight out of mind, these Russian women are so very strong to endure such inhumane and painful conditions. Oh, to have such loyal men

[@hiddenleaf2]

with that level of sarcasm you can end the war

[@MEERU_KAUR]

yeah exactly boo hoo

[@MEERU_KAUR]

@@hiddenleaf2 nah its appropriate

[@hiddenleaf2]

@@MEERU_KAUR why don't u help ukraine by sending them some blankets

[@avance1979]

Tell her to buy a dildo. That will ease her suffering.

[@mattcarman1772]

It's sad they had to leave for a while, but better then die in a war and never return. I know many who took the whole family and happy together.

[@davidburke75116]

At least she’s not freezing and having rockets raining down on her family. She’ll be ok, it’s the Ukrainians that suffer

[@saradejesus9869]

How do they survive financially?

[@johno9507]

Russia has a history of female front line troops, maybe they should draft them too.

[@iftikharhusain6286]

Respect to both Ukrainian and Russian people suffering from the tragides of War caused for arm dealer's

[@caseyalanjones]

Those lonely ladies need some strong men to come overthrow the government and keep them company.

[@julienmcnicoll7013]

J'ai aucun sentiment pour eux. Habituellement je suis pas comme ça mais la Russie est allée trop loin 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Redbridge.35]

Ne rien ressentir pour les russes est toujours moralement acceptable

[@phantom_wolf5274]

@@Redbridge.35no the fuck it isn’t asshole

[@birgitfenzl3376]

What is she complaining, when her husband is alive?

[@phantom_wolf5274]

Ok you can’t complain about anything then because you’re alive

[@inhocsignovinces1081]

Russian wives will soon be sorrowful widows.

[@williamburns9731]

Ahwell, what about the millions of Ukrainian women who are separated from their partner 🤔. SLAVA UKRAINE from Australia 🇦🇺 ♥️ VICTORY ONLY TO UKRAINE 🇦🇺 ♥️ 🇺🇦

[@zdravko2068]

Donate! Ukraine needs our help!

[@yl9154]

Yes. Find a reputable organization and please give what you can. Especially those who know how bad winter and cold can be when you depend on electricity and gas.

[@nathanlkoch]

Oppose to what? Losing their husbands to an unjust war?

[@mrstoner2udude799]

How heartbreaking. I hope Russians can rejoin their families in a peaceful sane Russia someday.

[@garden2356]

Those that flee and avoid becoming a soldier are saving many lives. These are the unspoken hero's.

[@Lucas-wn5wm]

This is better than him going to war to kill or get killed

[@asanitationstompout8473]

Dec. 15, so today's bodycount, 96.5k Russian KIAs.... . . ..... and 386.3k Russian casualties total in Ukraine. . . . . Sources: ukrinform/minusrus

[@a7yout257]

NOT ENOUGH DEAD RUSSIANS FOR ME, GOOD NEWS IS THAT IN JANUARY THERE WILL BE FULL MOBILISATION AND A CHANCE TO TRIPLE THOSE NUMBERS IN LESS THAN THREE MONTHS. ALREADY WE SAW AVERAGES INCREASE FROM 150 DEAD RUSSIANS A DAY TO 600 AND SOME DAYS THERE ARE OVER 1000 DEAD RUSSIANS. UKRAINE FIGHTS FOR ALL OF US, IT PREVENTS A NUCLEAR WAR AND SHOWS RUSSIA FOR WHAT IT IS, A TERRORIST STATE, RUN LIKE A MAFIA BY GANGSTERS AND COWARDS. SO LET PUTIN DO HIS FULL MOBILISATION BECAUSE THIS WILL BE RUSSIA'S LAST WAR. RUSSIA WILL PROBABLY CEASE TO EXIST AS A FEDERATION, WHEN THE POPULATION HAS BEEN THINNED OUT BY THIS WAR THE COMPONENT ETHNIC AND REGIONAL AREAS WILL SPLIT AND PISS ON RUSSIA.

[@tunahxushi4669]

it will be double that by summer...

[@user-ms3pp6pe9s]

Father, why do you leave us? I was afraid to protect my family, my country. Sorry kids I'm coward.

[@gavanwhatever8196]

So you're at the front? No, I didn't think so.

[@zyeet3243]

Awesome, bot army are gonna be triggered by that title! 😆

[@dachicagoan8185]

what kind of sad man does this to his family? If i was him i would go into hiding or live in the woods. The last thing I would do is leave my family.

[@avance1979]

Just proves he's a coward....

[@zlonewolf]

@@avance1979 mobilize Pootin already. And mobilize all the ones that love to fight against Ukraine in Russia. Nothing wrong with not fighting in a war that you don't believe in for a dictator that don't respect human lives and he himself is a Russonazi.

[@phantom_wolf5274]

@@avance1979I’d love to see you in their shoes then

[@fawn06]

Compare their plight with that of Ukranians, both men and women and children, young and elderly, even Ukrainian pets.. At least she wasn't raped, her husband is alive, no threat of being bombed, she has food, shelter, water, heating and internet, her limbs and those of her loved ones are not amputated, her children are safe and not traumatized, she is in the safety of her home. I could go on and on. It's hard to have sympathy for Russans. The world will be a much better place without Russia.

[@jalizarte]

All best for Ukraine

[@RTmadnesstoo]

If that woman is so unstable maybe someone else should be raising those kids.

[@davidj.leavitt249]

Gee, that’s too bad. He should have stayed and fought against the Orc government. Even Iranian women have more balls then the cowardly self exiled.

[@phantom_wolf5274]

If they’re cowards to you then you have to prove it and by doing that you have to do what they’re not doing

[@ridleyramos7657]

Hard life when you attack another country and try to occupy your neighbor! No sympathy.

[@phantom_wolf5274]

She’s a regular Russian civilian you think she’s putin?

[@Cancun771]

What you need to know about this is that historically, for at least a century now, Russia has had a large majority of women who are basically "competing" for a minority of men. The the gender ratio is 86 men to 100 women, which is an enormous skew as these things go. This is because Russia pissed away so many men in the two World Wars. There was a steady rise until the fall of the Soviet Union but in 1995, another decline set in. Another factor is young men's higher mortality rate even when there is no world war going on.

[@Astepatatimekvarn]

I don't feel much perhaps I should

[@sesvaoffice8331]

better to have a live husband and father in exile than a dead one rotting on a battlefield

[@asanitationstompout8473]

Dec. 16, so today's bodycount, over 97.2k Russian KIAs.. .. .... and currently over 390k Russian casualties total in Ukraine. . . . ... .

[@willpage6186]

and ukrainian women struggle after their husbands die. This is all needless sorrow due to the aggression of a perverse and disgusting Russian state.

[@Ed_Stuckey]

It's a *Mad World*

[@martthesling]

250,000 Russian men died in this evil ear and somehow Russian women are affected?

[@sparkymcplug3765]

Beats them coming back in body bags, or not at all.

[@vanessamartins10]

Is better to flee than to die. Let's pray to God that this war will be ended soon.

[@jamesdude4220]

stand up and take your country back!!! overthrow all politicians yes all then eat politicians after to prevent hunger

[@kulman4295]

At least these women will get a Lada without air bag. Glory to RuZZia?

[@watrobkasmaczna1]

Nightmare. He'll never come back, his is a dead man now.

[@a7yout257]

ANOTHER DEAD ORC, WHO WOULD CARE, NOT ME, HE IS PART OF THE PROBLEM BY HIS INACTION AGAINST HIS STATE.

[@Jeff-si7ni]

Bad choices lead to bad consequences. How much sympathy are we supposed to feel for people who without exception passively or actively support such an evil regime. Why didn't they leave anytime over the past 30 years? What have they done during these decades to stop the completely obvious catastrophe they were helping to create? I might muster up a bit of sympathy for Russians who actually realize how guilty they are. But it's hard to know for sure: I haven't come across any.

[@Inkling777]

Judging by the comments, RFE needs to deal with why these men didn't take their wives and children along with them.

[@lanieaguisanda6221]

They only show to the world that they are losser in any ways, , ,complaining. In in comports than those who are real I victims

[@lordsteppergod7269]

Plenty of single Russian women now

[@adiosa1388]

Send those little orcs to the front line

[@hotwykinger6889]

The biggest draft just not begun in Russia. It´s planed to draft 200.000 men in early january and further 500.000 until april not excluding further drafts if russia dont make huge succedes after that at Ukraine. For the 2nd draft ( the 500.000 ) even rifles from WW II are restored for reuse.

[@jjgg4324]

He can come back when the war is over, not as a heroes of course.his children will have a father, but no very valient,,!

[@barryoverson4988]

i dont feel sorry for her or her children now i feel sorry for the children's children and grand children paying reparations to the ukrainians the rest of their lives when they had nothing to say about the crimes of their ancesters

[@judithhopes151]

Will they be punished because their husbands escaped?

[@shannonnewman3091]

This man will not die like a lot of Russian men are for Putin bad doing !

[@calmlikeabomb2140]

I am Proud of my Father, his friends and all the relatives which went out for weeks on streets to dismantel a Dictatorship with them own hands. Although the Rumanian "Anti-Terrorist" Police shoot on them, they simply come back the next day. Iranian Woman have more Balls then this Boys.

[@Redbridge.35]

Nation of cowards

[@phantom_wolf5274]

And you’re not? Go to Ukraine and fight on the frontlines then or organize a coup and Russia since Russians are cowards and you’re not because you said so

[@azmrl]

Is this a spoof? Russian women are sad because Russian men deserted them? They are sad with roofs over their heads, heat, electricity, a school for the kids to go to, etc. If this was trying to humanize Russian mothers, it failed. Something along the lines of "It's frustrating that my partner abandoned my family, but, like millions of women around the world, I am capable of raising them myself and I an thankful that we have utilities, a roof over our head and we are not being bombed." Yet.

[@gnomuka]

Good right choice, he will be back in a few years better than in a body bag

[@gf3473]

I hope all these mothers watch the reality of life of the Ukrainian mothers on the UATV channel " 'Moms of War' Documentary about mothers who lost children because of war."

[@vaultguy]

I think that the Ukrainians are having a little bit harder time. She's lucky that her town hasn't been reduced to rubble yet. She's lucky to be alive. She's lucky to have water, heat, food and electricity. Ofc raising children alone is difficult, but the Ukrainians are in a far worse situation. Their children are getting raped, tortured, killed, stabbed, taken away, manipulated, etc. Thousands of illegal warcrimes have been commited by the Russian armed forces. As long as they don't receive the consequences, i will not feel pity for this woman.

[@aleksasbyla5498]

Running away and leaving their families behind - instead of fighting putin's regime... 0 sympathy for cowards

[@phantom_wolf5274]

Go and fight Putins regime yourself then

[@dawoodwaris]

Ожидать, что он вернется в мешке для трупов, изрешеченном пулями?

[@namenlos40]

I only feel sorry for her when she didn't vote for Putin.

[@phantom_wolf5274]

How can you be so sure she voted for putin? Or that she knew what he’d do as president?

[@gondorianslayer4250]

good. learn the hardway. chinese and russian deserve to struggle. hopefully. u.s gov't struggles tool.

[@phantom_wolf5274]

The people of Russia and China deserve to suffer for what their government did while they had no say in it whatsoever? Lol ok you do you

[@frachtpilot9920]

omg

[@usa5566]

🇺🇸🇺🇸SO DEVASTATING 🇺🇸🇺🇸 GOD BLESS THE FAMILYS STOP DEMON PUTINS WAR 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 SLAVA UKRAINE 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 💒🙏💒🙏💒🙏💒🙏💒🙏

[@user-in8jh6qe8s]

Зачем вы воюете с Россией?

[@lythicat8760]

Россия воюет сама со собой?

[@wishingonthemoon1]

Sorry, but I don’t have a whole lot of sympathy… if all these men had stayed and rose up in protest, think of the change they could’ve made. But, they drink the cool aid. And then they run.

[@phantom_wolf5274]

That’s easy for you to say maybe you should go to Russia and organize a coup then

[@geoffsimpkins7650]

I don’t care

[@ryanosborn3252]

😊Believe in the gospel Jesus Christ for Jesus Christ shed his blood and died for the sins of the world and he was buried and rose again from the dead three days later. For Jesus Christ God almighty and the flesh and if you believe in the gospel you are spiritually reborn into the family of God.

[@rimagould8365]

Where is your video about thousands of Ukrainian mothers whose homes have been destroyed by Russians and those that survived are sitting in a cold and in a dark Thanks to Russia? Ths video is actually absurd. This "daddy" would be first line to join Russian army if it was winning. ..

[@phantom_wolf5274]

There’s already tons and tons of videos about Ukrainian mothers

[@user-mp1ve2rm1o]

Oh nooo🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 Poor russians escape their own responsibility😓 What a pity!

[@phantom_wolf5274]

Their own responsibility? Are you really this stupid and ignorant?