By Matthew Roscoe • Published: 06 Dec 2022 • 16:46
WATCH: Russian soldiers mocked for their audacious looting in Ukraine. Image: Anton Gerashchenko/Twitter
On Tuesday, December 6, videos showing Russian soldiers looting in Ukraine began making the rounds on social media.
Advisor to Ukraine’s Ministry of Internal Affairs, Anton Gerashchenko, took to Twitter to share a video of the soldiers stealing a bathtub, alongside the caption: “First toilets and washing machines, now bathtubs.”
He then posed the question: “What do you think they will put on their looting lists next?”
First toilets and washing machines, now bathtubs. What do you think they will put on their looting lists next? pic.twitter.com/LDzQpzdKck — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) December 6, 2022
First toilets and washing machines, now bathtubs.
What do you think they will put on their looting lists next? pic.twitter.com/LDzQpzdKck
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) December 6, 2022
One person commented on the video, writing: “What is it with these guys and bathroom appliances.
“Why do they never steal tv, kitchen stuff or other generic thieve things. What is this fixation with the bathroom.”
https://twitter.com/naforeva/status/1600148550360260610?s=61&t=shP-IJqHfoHhriOCbp374Q
Another wrote: “The Ukrainian military drone recorded that the Russian army stole items from Ukrainian houses everywhere. The last time they stole toilets and washing machines, and now they even removed the bathtubs and stole them.
“Just how poor were these Russian bandits? No toilet or bathtub?”
最新消息!:烏軍無人機記錄到俄軍到處偷竊烏克蘭民宅內的物品,上次是偷馬桶和洗衣機,現在則是連浴缸都拆下來偷走。 這些俄國土匪到底是多窮?沒馬桶沒浴缸? https://t.co/sMK2QvIcjb — 新台灣國防軍事網 (@Military_idv_tw) December 6, 2022
最新消息!:烏軍無人機記錄到俄軍到處偷竊烏克蘭民宅內的物品,上次是偷馬桶和洗衣機,現在則是連浴缸都拆下來偷走。
這些俄國土匪到底是多窮?沒馬桶沒浴缸? https://t.co/sMK2QvIcjb
— 新台灣國防軍事網 (@Military_idv_tw) December 6, 2022
While another person said: “Absolutely embarrassing.”
Absolutely embarrassing https://t.co/jQ1XZOdcT5 — Martha Elena Linero (@marlinero) December 6, 2022
Absolutely embarrassing https://t.co/jQ1XZOdcT5
— Martha Elena Linero (@marlinero) December 6, 2022
Earlier this year it was reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin had actually authorised Russian soldiers to loot Ukraine.
On Monday, June 20, Ukraine’s Security Service claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin authorised looting.
At the time they evidenced this by sharing an alleged intercepted phone call between Russian soldiers.
The alleged phone call between Russian soldiers “evidencing” Russian President Vladimir Putin’s authorisation of looting, stated:
“That is, in short, it is not criminalized that we are looting. It is allowed. Putin allowed it. He gave a decree that looting is allowed…” stated one Russian soldier to another.
The soldier continued: “We looted televisions, washing machines, grills… everything!”.
It was also reported that Russian soldiers have to purchase their own military equipment, with the soldier stating:
“I’m sitting in these (mock – ed.) boots, and they’re, you know, like f****** Czechs. They’re just Czechs. And take our army boots: they weigh two kilos each. First of all, our feet sweat. But these ones blow away… With ventilation fabric.”
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