"I need government help": 10 days later, authorities have offered no assistance to a blind mother of many children whose husband was forcibly sent to the "SVO"
In his video message, the visually impaired Olesya Melekhina in the Penza region She told how the first 10 days passed after her husband was forced to go to war.
“Now I took my children to kindergarten with the help of a cane,” clarified she. - No matter how difficult it is for me, all the work needs to be done, no one has cancelled it.”
Military registration KuznetskAccording to Melekhina, he never sent the promised response to questions about the circumstances and condition of her husband's contract with the Ministry of Defense. Her application was promised to be reviewed on Monday or Tuesday.
“Well, the system continues to work,” notes Melekhina. — Just yesterday, the police brought another man [to the military registration and enlistment office]. He was clearly in prison for 24 hours. They brought him into an office, worked on him for 30 minutes, and then he left through a different entrance. I don't believe people who are in prison for 24 hours want to go straight to the SVO. Does their worldview just suddenly change after 24 hours? Or does it change through some other means?
The arrest and contract of Olesya Melekhina's husband
Valeria Melekhina detained On November 2nd, under the pretext of “finding out his identity.” According to his wife, forced sign the contract and sent to Rostov regionHe never got in touch with his family.
Now Olesya Melekhina lives with two young children in a private house.
“I am supported only by the enthusiasm and support of ordinary people who offer various kinds of help, even bringing and taking children from kindergarten, offering money,” she admitted. — I don’t need money, I need help from my wonderful state, from the military registration and enlistment office that deprived me of my husband.”
At the same time, according to Melekhina, during these 10 days not a single government agency offered her assistance.
“No one from social security, no one suggested it, no one wrote it,” she says. — Although, I think that everyone in our city now knows my story.”
The governor's deleted social media comment
And a comment asking for attention to this story, which one of the region's residents left on the governor's social media Oleg Melnichenko November 7, now deleted. It was under a post dedicated to "family values," but the authorities never responded (NeMoskva retains a screenshot).