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Russian officials criticised for giving meat grinders to mothers of soldiers killed in Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 20 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Officials from Putin’s United Russia party in Murmansk gave meat grinders to mothers of soldiers killed in Ukraine during International Women’s Day.

The gift choice drew criticism as "shameful" and "inappropriate" because the term "meat grinder" (myasorubka) is commonly used to describe Russia's brutal frontline tactics of sending waves of soldiers into battle with high casualty rates.

Party officials defended themselves, claiming one mother specifically requested a meat grinder.

Russia rarely discloses casualty figures, but independent sources have identified at least 91,000 Russian soldiers killed, with US estimates suggesting 700,000 killed or wounded. Ukraine has reported over 46,000 of its soldiers killed.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Party officials defended themselves, claiming one mother specifically requested a meat grinder.

They clearly don't understand sarcasm.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 12 hours ago

It feels like this is just an attempt to manipulate search results. It's better when a dumb stunt like this shows up for "Russia meat grinder" rather than reports about the war in Ukraine.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Did they put a "/s" at the end? Otherwise it's Downvote City.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Blyat

[–] [email protected] 2 points 15 hours ago

Bless you