Protests against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine were held across Russia and on the 6th alone, more than 4,500 people were arrested, including the capital Moscow, in various parts of the country, Archyde.com and others reported. OVD-Info, a Russian political prisoner arrest monitoring group, said at least 13,326 people had been arrested from the 24th of last month to today, when the invasion of Ukraine began.
On social media, protesters said, “No war!” A video of people shouting slogans such as etc. is being uploaded. In central Yekaterinburg, some protesters were reported to have been detained or beaten by the police.
A Russian Orthodox priest who hosted an anti-war service was detained in Karabanovo, western Vladimir province. When this priest told the Russian army about the bombardment of Ukraine and the horrors of the war and posted anti-war images on the parish website, the police arrested him, saying that he “damaged the honor of the military.” Earlier on the 4th, the Russian parliament passed a bill that defines the invasion of Ukraine as a ‘war’ rather than a ‘special military operation’ or sentences anyone who reports the death of civilians to a maximum of 15 years in prison.
The Times reported that a whistleblower from the Russian intelligence agency, the FSB, has also surfaced that the invasion will result in the defeat of the Russian military, with the death toll of Russian troops already reaching 10,000. According to FSB internal documents obtained by Vladimir Osechkin, who runs the Russian human rights group ‘Glagnet’, the intelligence authorities said, “The number of Russian deaths has reached 10,000 and it is impossible to determine the exact number of deaths because there is no contact with the main unit.” said The Russian Defense Ministry’s statement that 498 people were killed is completely false.
The document said the conflict between the Chechen and Russian forces grew as the Ukrainian forces removed Chechen forces that Putin had sent to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Even if President Zelensky were assassinated, it would require at least 500,000 people to occupy Ukraine, given the fierce resistance of Ukrainians. In particular, he predicted that the interim period of the war would be until June because there was a risk that the Russian economy, which had been subjected to super-strong Western sanctions, would collapse.
Reporter Kim Min [email protected]
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