Russian Women Are Starting to Demand Putin Bring Their Men Home From War in Ukraine
- Women relatives want mobilized soldiers back from Ukraine
- Putin ordered call-up of 300,000 reservists for war last year
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More than a year after President Vladimir Putin summoned 300,000 draftees to fight in Russia’s war in Ukraine, some of their families are starting to demand that they come home.
Wives, mothers and girlfriends of mobilized Russian soldiers have begun protests calling on the Kremlin to bring their men back from the war. Their movement, “The Way Home,” has gained more than 37,000 followers on its Telegram channel in support of calls for demobilization of the troops called up in September last year.