Russia’s plumbers sent to fight in Ukraine - just when they are needed to fix boilers at home

[pellinore]

“We turned to the military registration and enlistment offices and officials, explaining that the heating season is coming soon and we need people, but we never received a clear answer,” one resident told the ‘We can explain’ Telegram channel.

Built by the Soviet Union, polluting city power stations produce hot water and then pump it to apartment blocks through massive pipes that thaw out the frozen ground they run over or under. 

Temperatures can drop to -40C in Siberia, which means that broken heating systems can be deadly.

The Kremlin’s mobilisation order in September drafted 320,000 men into the Russian army, but three or four times that number fled abroad. This has left Russia with a shortage of labourers.

A survey by the Gaidar Institute in Moscow said that a third of Russia’s industries are now short of workers. Plans have been made to draft in extra workers from Central Asia to plug the shortfall, but until then many households will face freezing temperatures.

Russia’s plumbers sent to fight in Ukraine - just when they are needed to fix boilers at home (msn.com)

Edited December 4, 2022 by pellinore

[Occult1]

Sounds like propaganda.

[ThereWeAreThen]

3 hours ago, Occult1 said:

Sounds like propaganda.

Bit rich coming from you.