VLAD’S DEADLY ‘RED LIPSTICK ARMY’
VLADIMIR Putin has unveiled a secret weapon in his looming conflict with Ukraine – women soldiers in lipstick and nail varnish. The Russian President’s one million plus troops include up to 160,000 women who are encouraged to show off their femininity. Putin’s Ministry of Defence even holds an annual beauty contest that judges them on their looks and battlefield skills.
At last year’s event, troops applied “all manner of camouflage paint to their faces – stars, flags and bright colours among them”.
The women also took part in a biathlon, using AK-47s for the shooting stage.
Though Putin bars his female soldiers from hand-to-hand combat on the frontline, they could supply key supporting roles in an invasion.
French President Emmanuel Macron is due to have a telephone conversation with the
Russian leader later today in a bid to stave off a conflict.
It comes after the US rejected Putin’s demand to bar Ukraine from joining Nato. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he would not budge on Ukraine’s rights to sovereignty and be part of security alliances.