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December 3, 2024: In March 2023 the current leader of Russia, Vladimir Putin, was indicted as a war criminal for kidnapping and taking to Russia over 300,000 Ukrainian children. The youngest ones were adopted by Russian couples while the older ones were sent to foster homes or facilities to live until they were 18 and eligible to leave or be conscripted to fight in the Russian army.
Putin is also in trouble for the misbehavior of Russian troops inside Ukraine. Russians have been documented killing civilians and looting homes and businesses. The Ukrainians have been fighting back, including civilians who picked up weapons on a local battlefield. In another incident an elderly Ukrainian gentleman was given an RPG rocket launcher by some passing Ukrainian soldiers and told to use it whenever an opportunity presented itself. That occurred a little later when the Ukrainian civilian with the RPG watched from a window of his home as a Russian fuel truck passed by. This vehicle was part of a supply convoy. The RPG was fired at the fuel truck and on impact the truck burst into flames. The fire spread to several other trucks. No one actually saw who fired the RPG and it was only later, when the Russians were gone that the man with the RPG told neighbors what he had done to the hated Russians. This man was not alone, many other Ukrainians engaging in acts of sabotage against the Russians.
Ukrainian civilians aren't the only ones angry at Russia. Recently the Indian government demanded that Russia explain what they were doing with Indian men lured to Russia to take well-paying jobs as security helpers. The Russian recruiters described these jobs as having nothing to do with combat. That was a lie. Indian men who responded soon found themselves in the Russian army and headed for Ukraine. The families of the kidnapped Indian men complained to the Indian government, but the Russians refused to halt their kidnapping program. The new Indian recruits don’t speak Russian and do not want to join the Russian army or fight in Ukraine for the Russians. Many of these men probably don’t know where they are headed, but they do realize the Russians are unpredictable and that something strange is going on.
https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htmoral/articles/202412032204.aspx#gsc.tab=0
