An increasingly painful and pressing question arises: are Russians themselves to blame for failing—or refusing—to understand the true causes of the hardships inside the country and beyond its borders? Having driven themselves into even deeper dependence on a repressive system, and now finding themselves on the brink of physical survival, many are forced to beg the dictator Vladimir Putin for the right to live—the very person under whose rule this system was built.

A telling example of such despair is the appeal by Ekaterina, the wife of an assault trooper serving in “Z” Unit of the 503rd Motorized Rifle Regiment (military unit No. 75394) of the 19th Motorized Rifle Division of the 58th Guards Combined Arms Army.

In her emotional address, she speaks directly to the president:

‼️“Dear Vladimir Vladimirovich, <…> I beg you, please make it stop—stop our husbands, fathers, and sons from being destroyed inside our own country.”

Earlier, Ekaterina had already recorded a public appeal in which she said that her husband was not receiving the necessary medical care and was once again being sent to the front line despite his condition. According to her, the command and all the institutions she contacted systematically ignored her appeals, limiting themselves to formal replies.

In a state of utter desperation, Ekaterina recorded another appeal—this time directly addressed to the President:

“Please support us. Make sure that our husbands stay alive.”

She reported that her husband had been declared fit for military service without undergoing any medical examinations or commissions. At present, he is at a training ground in the settlement of Viktorovka. Along with him are other untreated servicemen—some of whom move with crutches—yet despite this, they are being prepared for deployment on a combat mission.

“My husband—wounded and not fully treated—was declared fit without any medical examinations, commissions, or anything else. And they are sending him on a combat mission.”

According to Ekaterina, the command shows complete indifference to the lives of soldiers. Moreover, the servicemen are openly threatened that even if they return from a combat mission, they may be “zeroed out”—that is, extrajudicially killed—by their own side.

“They simply send disabled men on combat missions. And no one cares what happens to them afterward. Moreover, they are threatened and told that even if they come back, they will still be shot.”

Ekaterina asks the President to intervene in the situation, to ensure that her husband receives the necessary medical care, and to prevent him from being sent on a combat mission.

“All my appeals have been met only with formal replies. Please intervene, I beg you.”

This case starkly illustrates a tragic paradox of today’s Russia: people deprived of functioning institutions for the protection of their rights are forced to beg for their lives directly from the supreme authority—the same authority that bears direct responsibility for the system in which human life has been devalued, and fear and violence have become the norm.

Source: Telegram channel “NE ZHDI Good News” — https://t.me/ne_zhdi_novosti/4516