The Russia-appointed head of the occupied village of Lazurne in Kherson Oblast said that residents without a Russian passport would not be given medicines, above all insulin, as well as threatened to take the children who do not wish to study in Russian schools to the front line.
    • vinylshrapnel@lemmy.worldEnglish
      25·
      2 years ago

      I took it to mean they are withholding insulin from anyone that doesn’t have Russian citizenship. Price or no price.

      • jsveiga@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        9·
        2 years ago

        The article does say free insulin paid by the government. We have that in my country (Brazil), even for foreigners, but my first thought was that in the USA not even citizens get that.

  • 52fighters@kbin.social
    17·
    2 years ago

    My first thought was that maybe Russia was experiencing shortages due to the deteriorating economic situation in Russia but, reading the article, this feels more like a petty bureaucrat that’s upset that the occupied people of Ukraine are not cooperating as well as he wishes, so he makes passive-aggressive “punishments” of the people. This may ultimately be good for the war effort, leading to more behind-the-lines resistance movements.

  • magnetosphere@kbin.social
    10·
    2 years ago

    Putin has done so many shitty things during the war that it’s hard to rank them. This, however, is among the worst.

    • ickplant@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      2 years ago

      No, no, deliberately bombing a shelter with the word “Children” on it was the…

      You know what, it’s all bad. It’s impossible to rank.