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DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
Sun Oct 23, 2022, 03:27 PM Oct 2022

Russian mother gets phonecall her son is a POW in Ukraine and she asks the most important question:




Russian mother gets a phone call from Ukraine, telling her that her son has been captured by the Ukrainian Army.

She proceeds to ask the most important question.

Is the iPhone 13 he was gifted back home whole & safe?

Maybe they can send the phone back?




Putin not caring whether you live or die, that's one thing. But your own mother???
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Russian mother gets phonecall her son is a POW in Ukraine and she asks the most important question: (Original Post) DetlefK Oct 2022 OP
1+ keithbvadu2 Oct 2022 #1
Or possibly desperation on the home front. delisen Oct 2022 #2
So intriguing I listened again. delisen Oct 2022 #3
Maybe she's hoping she'll be able to contact her son. LakeArenal Oct 2022 #4
Are they capable of compassion of any kind? Deuxcents Oct 2022 #5
An older friend of ours has a girlfriend in Russia he has not seen in almost 3 years DFW Oct 2022 #6

delisen

(6,044 posts)
2. Or possibly desperation on the home front.
Sun Oct 23, 2022, 04:20 PM
Oct 2022

Maybe she considers her son safe as a Ukraine POW, and the rest of her family in Russia in worse circumstances.

If in fact she just cares more about the phone, perhaps he can become a Ukrainian citizen.

delisen

(6,044 posts)
3. So intriguing I listened again.
Sun Oct 23, 2022, 04:28 PM
Oct 2022

Kindest interpretation I can think of is that she trusts Ukraine and is relieved he is a POW there.

Weird.

DFW

(54,397 posts)
6. An older friend of ours has a girlfriend in Russia he has not seen in almost 3 years
Sun Oct 23, 2022, 11:49 PM
Oct 2022

They talk (carefully) on the phone frequently, and he says it is scary how her whole thinking has been tainted by 3 years of nothing but Putin’s media.

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