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Wednesday, March 19, 2025

175 Ukrainian soldiers were released after a one-for-one prisoner trade with Russia. Another 22 Ukrainian service members returned through negotiations outside of the one-for-one swap. "This is one of the largest exchanges. Our soldiers, sergeants and officers are returning. The soldiers who fought for our freedom in the Armed Forces, Navy, National Guard, Territorial Defense Forces and Border Guard," President Volodomir Zelensky stated. These 175 Ukrainian POWs are lucky to be alive because elements of the Russian forces have been torturing and executing prisoners since Putin launched his invasion in Feb 2022: news.un.org

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Russia has lost 897,010 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on 24 Feb 2022. The number includes 1,560 casualties suffered just over the past day according to the General Staff of Ukraine Armed Forces.

Russia has also lost 10,352 tanks, 21,509 armored fighting vehicles, 40,892 vehicles and fuel tanks, 24,640 artillery systems, 1,319 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,107 air defense systems, 370 airplanes, 331 helicopters, 29,616 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.

This has been quite an expensive war for the Pariah State in terms of population, materiel, morale, and international reputation. No doubt Vladimir Putin enjoyed reading about US military casualties and costs in Iraq and Afghanistan, only to find he vastly surpassed US losses in only three years.

Source: www.facebook.com

#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-03-19 10:55 AM | Reply

Source: www.facebook.com
#1 | POSTED BY C0RI0LANUS

LMAO

#2 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-03-19 11:16 AM | Reply

#2

That's hilarious coming from the turd who posts twitter links from Schweinehund 1488.

#3 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-03-19 11:23 AM | Reply

"Russia has lost 897,010 troops in Ukraine"

Russian peasants must really want Ukraine back!
That's why they are so willing to die for it, right?
Right?

#4 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-03-19 11:28 AM | Reply

Hi Reinheitsgebot. Thank you for not re-posting #2's comments in the thread. I cannot see it, nor do I want to see it, as no doubt they came from a troll or MAGA supporter. On strictly simple transactional issues such as this, no one should presume Putin is a good faith negotiator. This prisoner exchange simply means Putin wanted some of the captured Russians returned. Tiny (but wealthy) UAE has been involved in Ukrainian-Russian negotiations for these types of prisoner swaps. So, why did Trumpf and Putin choose Saudi Arabia (led by murderous Muhammad Bin Salman) to hold "peace talks" a few weeks ago? www.khaleejtimes.com

#5 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-03-19 11:39 AM | Reply

Hi Snoofy. Of course! Jump into the WWI meat grinder for Mother Russia! Getting killed, maimed, or becoming pashtet to re-take Ukraine will really improve the lives of simple Russians who just want to live and raise families. The average lifespan of a Russian soldier on the Ukrainian front is four hours: www.businessinsider.com

#6 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-03-19 11:46 AM | Reply

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