Ukraine has decided to return prisoners of war to their mothers if they come to Ukraine

[herding cats]

This is a Google translation of the page.

IMPORTANT! VERY IMPORTANT!

I ask you to convey this information to thousands of unfortunate mothers, Russians, whose sons were taken prisoner in Ukraine.

It was decided to give the captured Russian soldiers to their mothers if they come for them to Ukraine, to Kiev.

What needs to be done to bring your son back from captivity?

1. You need to call the phone numbers listed in the leaflet in order to find out if your son is in captivity or died, you need to go to the telegram channel Cargo 200 .

Or call the hotline of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine - "Come back alive from Ukraine" to multi-channel phones.

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Or write to the mail:

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Then, if you have received confirmation that your son is in our captivity, the mothers of Russian soldiers must get to Kiev.

After Putin's fascist army invaded and closed the airspace, this can only be done in this way:

Get to Kaliningrad or Minsk. From there by bus or taxi to the Polish border.

Then through the territory of Poland you need to get to the checkpoint with Ukraine.

There you will be met and escorted to Kiev, where you will be handed over your son.

We, Ukrainians, unlike Putin's fascists, are not at war with mothers and their captive children.

We are waiting for you in Kiev!

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[mobeau69]

1. This is not extradition.

[herding cats]

3. My bad for copying the translation

I'll fix!

[mobeau69]

7. Extradition is like when we get the slobfather back to stand trial from whatever foreign country he

ends up fleeing to.

(I know you know this.)

[mopinko]

2. holy moly this is brilliant.

a caravan of babushkas, coming for their sons.
you cant beat that pootie.

[wnylib]

15. In my next to zero knowledge of

Slavic languages, I only knew the word babushka as the scarf tied under the chin that Polish and Russian women wear. Had to look it up to make sense of your post.



The only other Slavic words that I know are Russian "da" and "nyet" and Polish "dziekuje" (thank you). Had to look up the Polish spelling since I have only heard it spoken.

[COL Mustard]

24. Nope.

Babushka is Russian for grandmother. We Americans have misappropriated it for years as the scarf. I always said baBOOSHka...but it's really Ba-bush-ka.

[wnylib]

31. Yes, that's what I learned when

I looked it up.

Good ol' DU, always teaching new things.

[Deminpenn]

36. Not a scarf you wear around your neck, but one women

wore over their heads. Grew up seeing and hearing babushka a lot because of the many eastern European immigrants in western PA who came to work in the mills.

[EndlessWire]

32. I agree. This is brilliant. n/t

[Frustratedlady]

4. The mothers don't know some have died. Last I heard, there weren't any casualties.

Saves on body bags if you don't have anyone killed.

These young kids must have believed they were going on a great adventure of playing army. Just turned out it wasn't playing.

[notinkansas]

6. It's just gobsmacking that people could be sent into war

without knowing what they were being sent into. It seems so incredulous that one has to wonder how this could even be possible.

If this is true, I'm thinking that it would be unsafe for those mothers and sons to return to Russia.

[Frustratedlady]

9. I agree. Maybe enough will be caught or escape and finally find their way home.

Once they tell Mom what happened, look out Putin. There won't be walls thick enough to protect him from an enraged mother.

[IronLionZion]

12. There was some of that with Bush's Iraq war

where US soldiers signed up to fight terrorism after 9/11, not invade a completely unrelated country. I bet plenty of soldiers had no idea why they were sent to Vietnam. Many still don't know.

[notinkansas]

14. I will give you that Americans have gone to war without really understanding

the reasons for the war. But they certainly knew that it was a war situation.

[prodigitalson]

25. Maybe not the grand geopolitical reason

But I'm pretty sure armies generally tell their soldiers their specific objective. Hell most even train specifically to achieve their objective. As opposed to being told you are going camping and wondering why you are being shot at.

[lagomorph777]

5. Smart move.

Let Putin bomb the mothers while they are rescuing their sons. He'd face a fearsome army of mothers in his own land.

[Hotler]

8. My mom told me if I every got arrested to not call home.

Isn't that a bitch? Join the army to be a brave soldier only to get captured and have to have your mom come get you. I bet your mom's happy to have you home. she's pissed, I'm ground forever now.

[Bayard]

10. Only if they never want to go back to Russia again

I'd say, Putin would have no problem shooting the soldiers, or their moms.

[FakeNoose]

11. I hope that some international peaceful groups can help with this

Wouldn't it be nice if the International Red Cross could help, because they are recognized as a peaceful non-political group. Making sure the men can return home to their families with no repercussions from the government. That would be a wonderful goal.

[Sogo]

13. It's a great idea. Are they doing this so Putin will stop bombing Kyiv?

I mean, is he going to open fire on a bunch of the soldiers' mothers????


As a practical point, Ukraine shouldn't claim to know the fate of any of the soldiers except those whom they are holding as prisoners. They should only be in the practice of delivering the live sons back to their mothers. Make Putin answer for the dead.

[quakerboy]

16. If real this would be a good thing for

Anonymous to post on all the russian sites they hack

[KS Toronado]

19. Good idea!

I would add anybody on Fakebook, Twitter, etc. Spread the word!

[KS Toronado]

17. My gut feeling is most mothers will not

travel to Kyiv to claim their sons unless they could stay in Ukraine or a neighboring country not at war.
As unhinged as Putler is by jailing anti-war protesters, what would he do to those he considers deserters?

[Hav]

18. It might be a great PR move

but it seems to be so dangerous for the mothers. They could just as well bring the soldiers to the Polish border. It could heal some wounds and strengthen the bond between the countries though.
Whatever happens once they meet in Kyiv, either pictures of parents reuniting with their children or Putin being so dumb to bomb his own people, it would have such devastating effects for Putin.

[mopinko]

27. there is a hint of human shield to the whole thing.

they are asking these mothers to put their lives on the line.

[Uncle Joe]

20. Brilliant idea.

Thanks for the thread herding cats.

[Evolve Dammit]

21. Brilliant and extremely humanitarian. Hope they get thousands of takers

[TomSlick]

22. Brilliant.

Ukraine is winning the propaganda's battle.

[COL Mustard]

23. Fantastic!!!

Ukraine wins another battle in the social media/image war!

[Greybnk48]

26. Won't Vlad just have them executed and kill their families?

If they've surrendered. Or, if captured, just sent right back?

I'm worried this dangerous for the Russian soldiers who don't want to be there in the first place.

[COL Mustard]

28. Here's another story from the Daily Mail about how badly things are going for Russia

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10568725/We-sent-cannon-fodder-killing-peaceful-people-Weeping-Russian-POWs.html

'We were sent as cannon fodder. We're killing peaceful people': Weeping Russian POWs say they had no idea they were being sent to war and were made 'to attack people defending their territory'

Weeping Russian prisoners of war have said they had no idea they were being sent to invade Ukraine and were used like 'cannon fodder' by commanders who threw them into battle against 'peaceful people defending their territory' after Vladimir Putin's forces took heavy losses in the opening days of the conflict.

[flying_wahini]

29. Great way to OUT people who should be in hiding. Mama can wait.

[Delmette2.0]

30. Great idea.

It is better for the young man to be picked up by their Mother or other family member. The men would never get home if they were turned over to anyone under Putin.

[EndlessWire]

33. It will be hard to feed the prisoners.

Food should go to the Ukrainians. So, if we hear that prisoners are being moved out of Ukraine across some neutral border, it will probably be because they can't care for them. I'd rather have that happen than simply killing or starving them. Conversion is better than hostility. Remove them from the battlefield one way or another.

But, I feel strongly that this is in defense of Kiev. It's not really human shielding. It's an opportunity for people to leave the battlefield. But, I feel that the Russian convoy will surround Kiev and reduce it to rubble, unless Ukraine gets some kind of help. Also, it's telling Russia that they will lose those prisoners also, if they get shelled. But, Russia won't care.

[Cha]

34. I's extremely important, Cat!

Mahalo So Much & Ukraine!.. That's who they are.. why the world loves them.. mostly!💙

[niyad]

35. The Babushka Brigade! putler could be in really deep ****!

If one values one's life, one does NOT rouse the Babushkas!