The Russian word for the kitchen device ... Officials claimed later that the women had requested the meat grinders, but the imagery of the poor taste gift stuck, causing outrage online.

A voiceover comments: "Russian commanders are throwing their infantry into battle without communication, ammunition, or food. These poor soldiers are hiding in basements without water and food ...

meat grinder (miasorubka) means sending successive waves of infantrymen to attack enemy lines, a tactic regularly used by the Russian army, which has little regard for casualties. The word has ...

A Russian mother who lost her son in the Ukraine war was given a meat grinder by officials in Murmansk, sparking criticism for its perceived insensitivity. The gift was part of a campaign by ...

Local politicians from Russia’s ruling United Russia party presented meat grinders to mothers of soldiers killed in Ukraine, sparking outrage over the symbolic link to the country’s so-called ...