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Russian Families Mourn Sons Lost in Ukraine Yet Still Endorse the War
Original: Their Sons Are Dying on Battlefields in Ukraine. They Still Back Russia’s War.
A New York Times report examines Russian parents whose sons have been killed fighting in Ukraine but who continue to support the war effort. Despite personal grief, many families accept official explanations, embrace patriotic framing, or fear social consequences of dissent. The piece highlights how state propaganda, nationalism and grief intertwine, sustaining public backing for the invasion even as casualties mount among ordinary Russian households.
Why now: It reveals the endurance of pro-war sentiment in Russia despite mounting personal losses, a striking and contested phenomenon.
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- Their Sons Are Dying on Battlefields in Ukraine. They Still Back Russia’s War. · The New York Times
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