On February 21, 2022, Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, officially announced the recognition of the states of Donetsk and Lugansk, in the Donbas region, to the east of Ukraine, as independent republics, as well as military support for pro-independence groups. of those states.
This escalation was due to the constant diplomatic crisis in Ukrainian territory by the Donbas separatist groupswhich sought for the states they occupied (Donetsk and Lugansk) to become independent pro-Russian republics, despite the opposition of the government of that country, led by Volodímir Zelenski.
This meant a warlike escalation of the largest country in the world in Ukrainian territory, because three days later, it became known that the Russian army had already occupied these regionsin addition to having reached strategic areas such as the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and the adjacent town of Prypiat, as well as the Ukrainian capital, kyiv.
All of this came true despite constant diplomatic warnings and trade sanctions by the United States and the European Union.since the military movements that Russia made in border areas with Ukraine and Belarus had already drawn the attention of the West.
(Also read: US imposes new sanctions on Moscow after annexation of Ukrainian territories).
To date, according to UN estimates, more than 4.7 million people have fled from Ukrainian territory and another seven million became internally displaced since the Russian invasion.
Likewise, the same global organization estimates that around 9,500 Ukrainian civilians were killed, however, it also warns that these figures may be much higher.
Butterfly effect in Russia
It should be noted that military service in Russia is compulsory for men between the ages of 18 and 27in addition to the fact that there is no legislative method to avoid it, so in a context of war, the Putin government has used the citizens to have greater power to attack an invasion that has lasted eight months.
According to the UK’s BBC, the Putin government, through a decree, summoned more than 300,000 reservists to be taken to Ukraine immediatelywhich caused a strong controversy in Russia.
Several international media, such as ‘CNN’, DW’, or ‘El País’, have revealed that in the Russian nation, thousands of citizens massively expressed their disagreement with the enormous recruitment of young people.
(Also: The United States asks its citizens to leave Russia immediately.)
However, thousands of people who participated in these marches were arrested by the Police, mainly in cities such as Moscow and Saint Petersburg.
Given this scenario, several citizens are somewhat uncertain about what will happen in the near future, depending on how the war progresses. There have been reports since March of thousands of Russian citizens leaving their country in fear of being recruited, heading mainly to countries such as Finland, Belarus and Georgia.
However, in Belarus, a country that has served as an important front for the Russian occupation in Ukraine, it has been denounced by the traditional newspaper of that country, ”Nasha Niva’, that the government would be in search of Russian citizens who decided to flee their nation so as not to be recruited by the Army.
(You may be interested in: ‘What we are experiencing now in Russia is total fear’).
A story related to this dilemma is that of Ivan Petunina 27-year-old Russian, engaged in music under the pseudonym ‘Walkie’.
The Russian citizen, concerned about what could be a possible requirement from the government of his country to enlist in the militia, shared a video on Telegram announcing that he would take his own life, since he did not want to be sent to Ukraine to fight.
I’m not ready to kill. I can’t carry the sin of murder in my soul and I don’t want to
“I am not ready to kill. I can’t carry the sin of murder in my soul and I don’t want to. I am not willing to kill for any ideal,” Ivan explained. “I am not ready to take up arms and kill members of my own kind,” he added.
Walkie explained that he made that decision because, according to him, it was “a way of expressing my extreme protest.” In addition, he said that when the video reached social networks, he would be dead.
Shortly after, his lifeless body appeared on the slopes of a skyscraper in the Russian city of Krasnodar. It is presumed that the young man would have thrown himself from said building.
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