- Many Russian officials defend the military use of donkeys after images of animals became viral.
- The pro -war bloggers said that the donkeys are used to transfer ammunition and supplies to the front lines units.
- One of the Parliament officials said that Russia suffers from “very great difficulties” with logistical services.
The donkeys began to appear among the Kremlin invasion forces, as the Russian media and commentators reported that animals were used to transport ammunition and supplies.
The lights come on the packaging animals with the continued Ukraine war in assuming resources on both sides, and while Russia’s ability to maintain its frustrated economy – which is now increasingly dependent on defense manufacturing – remains a question. It is scheduled to enter its fourth -year invasion on February 24.
The military bloggers supporting Kremlin last week published the soldiers interacting with the donkeys, saying they were deployed to the transport. Business Insider independently could not verify the authenticity of the shots.
The real donkey books. ” One military blogger Those who posted a picture of donkeys standing beside a man wearing an uniform.
“What did you expect? Vehicles are unexpected these days!” He wrote another Russian commentator, Kirill Vadrov.
A widely distributed sound note, which Russian bloggers said was from a soldier on the front lines, that the donkeys were not provided by the volunteers, but by the Russian Ministry of Defense. However, the ministry did not publicly address the claim.
Fedrov and many other bloggers posted a picture of three armed people wearing uniforms with the camel.
It is not clear how widely published donkeys, but many Russian officials have publicly defended this practice when the images became viral among military bloggers.
“There is nothing wrong with this,” said Victor Sobolif, a member of the state’s defense committee. Russian jazzetta. The state is always the National House of Representatives for the National Legislative Commission in Russia.
Sobolev, a retired general lieutenant in the Russian army, was martyred “very great difficulties in providing units and sub -divisions” with ammunition and food. He said that the transferred transport was a good solution, and that the loss of donkeys would be better for the Russian army than the loss of forces or transport vehicles.
“During the Great Patriotic War, part of our artillery was drawn with horses,” Sobolif added, referring to World War II.
Another member of the Defense Committee in Douma, Victor Zafarin, told Russian television network RTVI: “Let it work, let the donkeys help victory.”
The Russian Ministry of Defense did not respond to the suspension request sent outside the regular working hours by BI.
Meanwhile, the appearance of donkeys led to a flood of satirical aimals in both Russia and Ukraine, such as the comic painting around a The Soviet version of the Eyore donkeys From the animation “Winnie The Bo” that is filled for war.
Two specializations, a famous military blogger in support of the Russian war, asked about Telegram about whether the donkeys that gave birth to service would be considered their state -owned offspring.
“If one of them is arrested by the enemy sabotage group, will it be considered missing at work or a prisoner of war?” They wrote.
