Kremlin’s Warriors Ready To Kill
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Margarita Maimur, Irina Zarubina and Dasha Savich (from left to right [20, 17 and 19 years old]), fighters of the Sparta battalion of Russian-backed militants, patrolling Donetsk.
© Cosimo Attanasio
Ryzhik, Gaika and Dasha are three friends who, until recently, dressed like other young women. Now they no longer choose their clothes: They just don military uniforms, pick up their Kalashnikovs and put in another day of work with the Russian-backed Sparta Battalion in Donetsk.
The battalion is headed by Russian citizen Arseniy Pavlov, a famous separatist leader better known as Motorola.
Sparta’s female soldiers and their friends have outlandish plans to march on Lviv and they even joke about conquering European countries. They claim to be defenders of their homeland, although their pro-Ukrainian acquaintances say they are merely helping the Russian aggressors. A feeling of sadness is evident when they speak about their friends who chose to be on Ukraine’s side in the war.
Toutes les trois sont originaires du Donbas.
