The skulls on the lower flag are the distinctive totenkopf skulls used by the Nazis in WwII.
Posted on 05/17/2022 9:19:20 PM PDT by AmericaFirst101
Hundreds of Ukrainian fighters trapped for more than two months in the vast Azovstal steel works have surrendered to their Russian besiegers after their commanders finally called time on the defense of Mariupol.
A total of 264 soldiers, 53 of them badly wounded, were taken in a convoy of buses to two towns held by Russian-backed rebels in the Donetsk area, Ukrainian officials said Tuesday. It is unclear how many more are left in the steelworks, where as many as 1,000 fighters had been holed up in a network of underground tunnels and caverns in a medieval siege.
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Russia is likely to drive a hard bargain in any prisoner swap, especially for soldiers from the Azov Regiment, which was set up as a paramilitary militia unit with far-right links during the original 2014 Donbas war. President Vladimir Putin has consistently portrayed his “special operation” in Ukraine as an attempt to “denazify” the country, and Azov has been the target of his TV propagandists.
Within hours of the Azovstal surrender, the Russian Duma was reportedly debating a law that would prevent Azov Regiment prisoners being swapped for Russians. Vyacheslav Volodin, the parliamentary speaker, said “Nazi criminals” should not be exchanged. Lawmaker Leonid Slutzky went even further, demanding a moratorium on the death penalty be lifted to punish the Ukrainian prisoners.
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You sound like an information operative or spokesman for Russia.
Not all Azovs but many of them are still criminals who used to terrorize the population of Mariupol for 8 years. That includes all sorts of abuses, from false imprisonment and robbery to rape and murder.
I don’t think that the locals and DNR rebels are going to be happy to see them handed back without punishment.
“i want my 40 billion back”
To be fair, it didn’t go to any Ukrainian fighers.
I agree
“Heroes”
They’re war heroes because they were captured. I like people that weren’t captured.
Here is a BBC article for you—can’t blame the Russkies for it:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60825226
Quote in article:
“Ukraine has vowed to defend the city down to the last soldier.”
Ukraine was caught lying—again.
Just like John McCain
I’d be having my fellow soldiers shoot me before I would surrender to the Russians. It won’t be good for those who do, I reckon.
“Azov has been the target of his [putin’s] TV propagandists” No Russian propaganda was required about these hezbollah like wannabees. Be interesting to see who was hanging out with these rodents.
What does that have to do with my post?
Xi calls Putin his bossom buddy.
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0bama already got his cut.
Have you read BobL's tagline?!
Putin isn't sending gays into our schools to groom my children, but anti-Putin people are
So, by calling Putin's unprovoked invasion of a peaceful neighboring country what it is, he claims we are making ourselves into "groomers."
Does anything more need to be said?!
Nice, at least, that BobL makes no bones about where he stands on this issue!
Regards,
"In my book, you get points fur stayin' outta duh can!"
- Tony Soprano, "The Sopranos"
So you side with the gangsters on this issue?
Regards,
Foreign mercenaries will also be tried, then executed.
The Wagner Group or the Chechens...or maybe the Syrian ISIS terrorists fighting for Uncle Vlad?
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