A video posted on social media by Russian recruits from Yakutia in Siberia shows the contents of the backpack with which they are sent for training before arriving at the front.

The package, received from the regional authorities, includes a first-aid kit, a bar of chocolate and tampons, which would stop bleeding in case of soldiers being wounded at the front.

In fact, a video that surfaced on social media on September 26, less than a week after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial mobilization in Russia, shows training of Russian recruits, including the use of absorbent pads and tampons in the military. in front.

“All the army gives you is a uniform and weapons. Nothing more. We armed our people with our own forces. This also applies to medicines. Medicines for diarrhea, hydrogen peroxide, tourniquets. You miss me, – says the foreman to the new recruits.

“Ask your relatives to send it to you. Take the first aid kits from the cars. Guys, don’t laugh. Ask your wives, daughters, mothers for pads and tampons. The cheapest. Do you know what tampons are for? To stop the bleeding. Insert the pads directly into the bullet wound and that’s it! The tampon begins to swell and closes the wound. Guys, I know this since the Chechen war. Absorbents are mandatory,” explains the military veteran.

Song mobilization of recruits in Russia

The first video to appear on social media about the mobilization in Russia emerged from Yakutia, a vast region in the Russian Far East, showing dramatic moments of tearful men saying goodbye to their wives and children.

Numerous footage that later emerged of the mobilization ordered by Putin captured less emotional poses, some of which went viral on social media after conscripts were shown in various awkward poses due to alcohol consumption.

The chaotic manner in which the mobilization was carried out, in which many recruits received conscription orders despite the fact that they were not eligible to serve in the armed forces, caused a national scandal in Russia.

On September 30, Vladimir Putin spoke about this personally, after the extent of the disaster could not be hidden even from Russian television, and the head of the Kremlin called for “correcting the mistakes”.

This Wednesday, Putin announced that he had signed the relevant decree. Just a day later, a group of 500 newly mobilized Russian soldiers filmed themselves on the border with Ukraine to denounce “inhumane” conditions, lack of weapons and brutal treatment by officers.