'Vladimir, answer us': Soldiers' mothers challenge Putin

Olga Tsoukanova, whose son is currently doing his military service, travelled 900 kilometres from her home to Moscow to draw attention to the concerns of Russian soldiers and their families. (AFP Photo)

MOSCOW: Their videos are flooding Russian social media — mothers and wives of soldiers mobilised to fight in Ukraine, urgently demanding that the military make good on promises made by President Vladimir Putin.

Anger and concern have built across Russia since September, when the Kremlin announced that hundreds of thousands of well-trained and well-equipped men would be conscripted and sent to the battlefield to bolster Moscow's struggling campaign in Ukraine.