"Why does a child buy shoes for soldiers, and not the state?" Another story about a "patriotic" boy - this time five years old
Stavropol The media is spreading yet another "patriotic" story about a boy from the city Novoalexandrovsk, who allegedly decided of his own free will to buy shoes for the members of the "SVO".
Five-year-old Artyom donated six pairs of boots he'd bought with his own money to the SVO members. He'd been saving up for a new phone, but then changed his mind and spent it on the military personnel.- пишет one of the local publications.
"Artyom followed his parents' example—they actively help our fellow countrymen in the SVO zone. This is a great act by a small man.",
— the head wrote about this on his VKontakte page. Eduard Koltunov of the Novoaleksandrovsky District.
In the comments to the publications, people do not share the "patriotic" pathos of the leaders and pro-government journalists:
"I'm for our guys, of course, but for some reason it's funny when kids buy boots, bake pies, and organize fairs in schools to help the soldiers. I understand everything, but they're not kids."
"I don't understand why a child buys shoes for the soldiers, and not the state that sent them to this 'SVO'?"
"Yes, the child spends his pocket money on aid to the SVO, and someone steals what is allocated for defense."
NeMoskva wrote that after the start of the war in Ukraine, pro-government media and Z-channels появились stories about "patriotic" children. They wrote, for example, that a six-year-old Maksim in the Belgorod region "He spent all his savings to buy ice cream and candy for the soldiers." And a boy named Seryozha в Kursk region every morning goes out onto the road leading to Judging, to meet Russian soldiers.
