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Outside a military processing center as drafted men said goodbye to their families in Moscow, Russia on October 6, 2022.Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
  • The wives of Russian soldiers went to a military base.

  • Their husbands were wounded on the front and they wanted them out of the country.

  • One woman said she would go to the front if officials didn't help her.

The wives of Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine showed up at the border and demanded to take their husbands with them.

A group of family members went to a military base in the Russian town of Valuiki on Wednesday night. There is a 30 mile (48 km) distance from Valuiki to Kharkiv Oblast in Ukranian.

According to The Insider, a group of women called for their husbands to be taken out of Ukranian because they had been wounded. The Insider is not affiliated with Insider.

One woman told officials at the military base that she was ready to destroy them. They have to make a decision and get them out of there.

She said that they wanted them to be taken away from there because there were many wounded.

According to a report on the Telegram channel of the independent Russian news outlet Verstka, a relative said that if officials were unable to help them, she would go to the front herself.

The women were looking for answers and it is not clear if they got them. The women were being helped to find their husbands.

Insider was not able to verify the reports.

Russian Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu called on his troops to leave Kherson, the first major city and the only regional capital in Ukraine captured by Russia.

One of the most significant setbacks for Russia has been that announcement.

More than 100,000 Russian soldiers have been killed and wounded since Russia invaded Ukraine, according to a top US general.

He doesn't know where he got the figures. The numbers were not independently verified.

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