Decryption

War in Ukraine: who are the Russian soldiers sent to the front?

Audio 7:30 p.m.

A Russian soldier in Mariupol, April 20, 2022. REUTERS - ALEXANDER ERMOCHENKO

By: Sébastien Duhamel Follow

1 min

More than two months of war now in Ukraine.

Since February 24, and the launch of the “special military operation” as the Kremlin calls it, we have heard, we have seen a lot of things.

Information coming from the field describes many abuses committed by the Russian army.

Charges of war crimes have been leveled at Boutcha as well as at Irpin, among others.

Russian soldiers are also accused of looting and other thefts, sometimes surprising.

But who are ultimately the perpetrators of these acts, these soldiers sent to the front by Moscow?

Where do they come from, what are their profiles?

We have 20 minutes to try to decipher this together. 

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Russian soldiers are also accused of looting and other thefts, sometimes surprising.

But who are ultimately the perpetrators of these acts, these soldiers sent to the front by Moscow?

Where do they come from, what is their profile? 

Decryption with: 

  • Julien Théron

    , political scientist specializing in conflicts, teacher at

    Sciences Po

    , co-author with Isabelle Mandraud of

    Poutine, The Strategy of Disorder

    (Tallandier)

  • Nicolas Gosset

    , Russia/Eurasia researcher at the

    Royal Defense Institute in Brussels

A program prepared by Sébastien Duhamel, with the help of Emmanuel Sevin and Sigrid Azeroual, produced by Claude Battista.

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