Russian soldiers sent home 58 tons of looted goods in Ukraine.. video
An investigation published by the independent news site Mediazona confirmed that Russian soldiers have sent to their country at least 58 tons of property belonging to residents of the looted Ukrainian cities, since the start of the invasion launched by Moscow in late February.
The "Moscow Times" quoted the site as analyzing the data of shipped parcels from 46 branches of the "SDEK" company near the Russian and Belarusian borders with Ukraine, in addition to the Crimea region, which Russia annexed to it in 2014.
The investigation indicated that the parcels sent by the Russian soldiers stood out clearly, because their weight exceeded the weight of ordinary parcels by several times.
By analyzing the videos recorded at a parcel-passing site in a branch of "SDEK" located in the Russian town of Valyuki, bordering Ukraine, it was found that the Russian soldiers sent many items, including televisions, shoes, canned food, car tires and tents, according to the "Moscow Times" citing "Mediazona" investigation published in Russian.
According to the investigation, on April 29, an unidentified Russian soldier shipped an Orlan-10 military drone, which he believed stole from his army.
And the "Mediazona" website revealed that the largest amount of parcels were shipped between March and early April, after the withdrawal of Russian forces from their positions in northern Ukraine and from the areas adjacent to the capital, Kyiv.
On the fourth of April alone, the investigation indicates that Russian soldiers sent 4 tons of parcels, which are believed to be filled with looted items.
The town of Urga in Russian Siberia received the largest amount of parcels, weighing a total of 5.8 tons, according to the investigation, which linked the parcels sent to the town to the Russian 74th Mobile Division, which had been sent to several Ukrainian cities, including Bucha, Hostomil and Irpin, where grave violations were committed. for human rights.
The "Moscow Times" confirmed that the investigation identified other cities that received large quantities of looted goods, including the town of Chebarkul in the Chelyabinsk region, Kyzyl, the capital of the Tuva region, and the capital of Siberia, Novosibirsk.
Last month, The Guardian confirmed that it was able to gather evidence that the looting by Russian forces in several Ukrainian regions was not isolated cases but rather "a systematic part of the behavior of the Russian army."
Reports of looting by Moscow-affiliated forces sparked widespread anger in Ukraine and Russians opposed to the war on Ukraine.
When Russian soldiers left the Ukrainian village of Novi Baikiv after months of occupation, Natalia Samson returns home to discover that they have stolen her jewellery, perfume, a pillow and a number of antiques.
The Belarusian "Hajun" investigative project published a video clip taken by surveillance cameras on the second of last April, showing the shipment of about 128 boxes, weighing about 3 thousand kilograms, from the Belarusian town of Mazir to the Russian town of Rubtsvosk alone.
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