Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – The disclosure of the Ukrainian delegate to the United Nations, Sergey Kiseltsya, the content of a message on the phone of a Russian soldier fighting in Ukraine before his death, sparked a wide interaction around the world.
“Mama, this is so hard.” That was the last text this Russian mother received from her son before he was killed during fighting in Ukraine. President Putin is putting Russians’ lives at risk. #StopTheLies. https://t.co/roQspL2joJ
In his speech, Kisletsya said: “I would like to read from a smartphone photo of a killed Russian soldier.. How are you? Why has it been so long since your last reply? Are you really in training? You ask the Russian soldier’s mother moments before his death .. Mama I’m not In Crimea, I’m not in training.. (Where are you? Mom asks, Papa asks if I can send you an envelope) Soldier: What circumstances, Mom, do you want to send it? (Mother: What are you saying? What happened?) Soldier: Mom I In Ukraine, there is a real war going on here, I am afraid we are bombing all the cities and we are even targeting civilians, we are told that they will welcome us.. they lie under our armor and throw themselves under the wheels and don’t let us pass and they call us fascists, my mother this is difficult.. and after this Dialogue with the moments of the soldier’s killing…”
Ned Price, State Department Spokesman Ned Price cited the Ukrainian delegate’s video with the comment: “(Mama, this is so hard).. This was the last message this Russian mother received from her son before he was killed fighting in Ukraine. President Putin presents a life The Russians are in danger…
Moving, but completely fake. Soldiers do not use phones, especially with internet access, during combat actions. Nor do they carry passports which is common in other fakes on allegedly killed or captured Russian servicemen #fakenews https://t.co/4GMdgQr4EO
Dmitriy Polyansky, Russia’s first deputy representative to the United Nations, responded to Price’s tweet, saying: “Effective, but totally fake. Soldiers don’t use phones, especially with internet access, during combat operations… Nor do they hold passports Travel, as is common, with another forgery on Russian soldiers allegedly killed or captured.”