The village of Mulino in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region is a major training center for soldiers — both contract servicemen and conscripts — heading to the war in Ukraine. Mulino is also home to Europe's largest training facility for artillerymen, and is the birthplace of the 3rd Army Corps, a formation composed of thousands of mercenaries which faced significant losses near Kharkiv in the fall of 2022 and near Bakhmut this spring. The local soldiers, however, are not known for their “feats” on the battlefield, but for the way they terrorize the village: they set fire to a church in April this year, and cut off a cab driver’s finger in June. The military’s incessant drinking and rampaging has become a real nightmare for the locals. Mulino residents have even asked the Nizhny Novgorod governor to enforce a “dry law” and keep the military from leaving their bases, but neither seems likely to happen anytime soon.Читать на русском языке

The village of Mulino in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region is a major training center for soldiers — both contract servicemen and conscripts — heading to the war in Ukraine. The local soldiers, however, are not known for their “feats” on the battlefield, but for the way they terrorize the village: they set fire to a church in April this year, and cut off a cab driver’s finger in June. The military’s incessant drinking and rampaging has become a real nightmare for the locals. Mulino residents have even asked the Nizhny Novgorod governor to enforce a “dry law” and keep the military from leaving their bases, but neither seems likely to happen anytime soon.

    • keeb420@kbin.social
      5·
      1 year ago

      i emphasize with the cab driver and the people who worshipped at the church. but this is just the tip of the iceberg of broken men coming back from this atrocious war.