‘We hate Putin and will rise up against him,’ says mum of Russian soldier killed in Ukraine

dailystar.co.uk:

Russian mum has blasted Vladimir Putin after her son died in the Ukraine war. The woman, who gave her name as Valya, said she and many others now 'hate' the President of Russia following the deaths of thousands of soldiers in the conflict.In a rare show of sympathy with the enemy, she also revealed she now sided with the people of Ukraine — as she had realised mothers there "are the same" as her because they had also lost children to the war.READ MORE: Chilling pictures show Ukrainian mum and daughter moments before Putin's missiles struckTaking aim at the country's state-run propaganda channels, she told the BBC: "On TV they say that everything's fine, we're winning.

But our lads are being killed"“I realise now that Ukrainian mothers are the same as us. Their sons are being killed, they're searching for their children."Valya said that Russian mothers "hate the government" and "hate Putin" and "all want this war to end,"After losing contact with him soon after his deployment, she only found out about her son's disappearance in Ukraine when a man claiming to be his friend contacted her on social media in March.While she had since been provided with confirmation of his death, she shared that "no-one" from had the military had given her any details on "where, when and how" her son died.A commander who had been reassuring her of his safety later confessed that her son been missing since the first day of the conflict in February.Russian President Vladimir Putin passed over 100 new laws on Thursday (July 14), many seemingly in reaction to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.One such law now means Russian authorities no longer need proof of foreign funding to deem anyone a "foreign agent", according to Meduza.Another change is the.