Valentina Melnikova, head of the Russian Union of Committees of Soldiers Mothers, has said that the Russian authorities were threatening the relatives of soldiers who had been killed in Ukraine, and forcing them to keep silent about their deaths.
Valentina Melnikova, head of the Russian Union of Committees of Soldiers Mothers, said that conscripts may have been forced to sign contracts before being sent to Ukraine. She also stated that the Russian authorities were threatening the relatives of soldiers who had been killed in Ukraine, and forcing them to keep silent about their deaths.