Russia gives the families of conscripts a SHEEP and a sack of potatoes each to make them feel better!!

Families of Russian men being called up to fight Putin's Ukraine war are being bribed with a sheep each.

So far 91 live rams have been handed over to wives and mothers in mountainous Tuva republic, home region of Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu.

More are due to be handed out as men are mobilised to fight in Ukraine some 3,200 miles away.

The move follows protests by women in Siberian region Tuva against their men being sent to war.

Pictures show large numbers of sheep in pick-up trucks as well as being take in or in, presumably to be gifted.

Families are now each gifted a sheep by the regional government, along with other items depending on where they live.

Different districts are receiving sacks of potatoes, flour, cabbage, firewood and coal, alongside their sheep.

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