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Sat May 21, 2022, 07:47 PM May 2022

Zelenskyy says UN, Red Cross order Russia to take its 'mountains of corpses'

Zelenskyy says UN, Red Cross order Russia to take its 'mountains of corpses'
Caitlin McFall

The United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross have directed Russian President Vladimir Putin to remove his "mountain of corpses," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday. "They abandoned their military," Zelenskyy said in an interview with a Ukrainian news outlet. "They were dying, but they didn't care. Recently I was told that they are only now thinking about taking the corpses. "When the war started…they used to pretend that there were no corpses," he continued. "The UN and the Red Cross said – take these bags away. Mountains of corpses of their military."

Moscow has long relied on its propaganda machine to fuel support for its conflict in Ukraine and Putin has refused to declare open war on Kyiv, instead calling it a "special military operation."

Reports surfaced early in the invasion that Russia was potentially relying on a "mobile crematorium" to dispose of dead soldiers to help cover the evidence of mounting causalities.

More: https://news.yahoo.com/zelenskyy-says-un-red-cross-142335814.html

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Zelenskyy says UN, Red Cross order Russia to take its 'mountains of corpses' (Original Post) PSPS May 2022 OP
I would think leaving dead soldiers to rot has to be very bad for morale. captain queeg May 2022 #1
Leaving rotting corpses lying around... 2naSalit May 2022 #2
No respect for their ultimate sacrifice Deuxcents May 2022 #3

captain queeg

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1. I would think leaving dead soldiers to rot has to be very bad for morale.
Sat May 21, 2022, 08:49 PM
May 2022

Even mobile crematoriums would be better than that. Not to mention the unsanitary effects of leaving people to rot.

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