Pretty embarrassing for Putin that his Chechen goat shaggers couldn't capture the 500 on their own, especially since it took almost 3 months and Avostal is 40 miles from the Russian border.
Too funny!
ICRC press release before today’s news blackout to help Putin save face:
ICRC registers hundreds of prisoners of war from Azovstal plant
https://www.icrc.org/en/document/ukraine-icrc-registers-hundreds-prisoners-war-azovstal-plant
When are they going to visit and report on the Russian POWs?
I hear the numbers are somewhere between 2k-3k. These Ukrainian troops are among the best trained and equipped. That goes for the rest of the troops now encircled by Russia in the east, and when defeated there won’t be much left of the Ukrainian army, which is probably why they aren’t reporting the numbers.
Keeping the number of POW’s secret avoids embarrassing questions when they disappear.
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Makes one wonder if this really a war at all...
Note to the RC: If I hadn’t already stopped donating to you, this would do it.
ICRC never releases that information to the public (but does inform families). ICRC policy:
https://www.icrc.org/en/document/ukraine-conflict-families-all-pows-need-answers-their-loved-ones
Maybe they could ask about the January 6 POWs.