SVO members "spiritually awaken" after losing arms and legs: signs of the times from NeMoskva
🔸 Priest Damian, who serves in military hospitals of the annexed Sevastopol, spoke about the "spiritual awakening" of the "SVO" participants who lost limbs in combat.
“I ask a fighter if he ever thought about why he lost his arms, and I hear him confess: ‘Father, if you only knew how much I stole with this hand!’” рассказал priest to the publication "Monastic Herald".
Another veteran, who has had pus drained from his leg for six months, admitted that he considers it a “means of discipline” and “punishment from God” for stealing a cross from a cemetery in his youth and selling it to a scrap yard.
“They begin to feel differently because they gain peace and tranquility in their souls,” — Damian noted about the soldiers who lost limbs in the war.
🔸 In March, publications from Tatarstan told about the 35-year-old Dinara Nurgatina, who became a member of the sledge hockey team after losing both legs.
"He used to only play hockey in the yard, back when he was a kid. Before he was mobilized, he never even considered pursuing the sport professionally." — the author of the article notes.
Incidentally, the article is titled "Lost Both Legs, But Became a Professional Athlete." And the opening lines read: "After leg amputation, life is just beginning—sports, studies, and a ton of plans."
🔸 Veteran of the "SVO" from Tula Evgeny Ivanov from Novomoskovsk, who also lost both legs, smog set a world record by moving a 24-ton railway car.
"Now he is an example of courage and bravery," — the mayor of Novomoskovsk told reporters Ruslan Butov.
🔸 This week, the Deputy Minister of Defense Anna Tsyvyleva saidthat the participants of the "SVO" allowed Russia to reach a "flagship level" in the field of prosthetics.
"We're ahead of many countries. We're probably leading the way in this area right now. It's a huge investment and a huge amount of money," the official boasted. "The SVO participants, our veterans, became the drivers through which the state began to very actively implement developments."
In official rhetoric, the loss of arms and legs is transformed into "new life," "spiritual growth," and the state's "flagship successes." The irony is that tragedies are presented as achievements.
In the photo: Priest Damian (Monastic Herald), Dinar Nurgatin (Fatherland Defenders Foundation), Ruslan Butov (Novomoskovsk Administration)
