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blue-wave

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3. Maybe

Reply to MaryMagdaline (Reply #2)

Sun Feb 27, 2022, 04:22 AM

Feb 2022

The talk is that Russian troops are not well trained and the moral is low. Many of them are not even aware they are moving into Ukraine to fight Ukrainians. They learn once told by Ukrainians along the roads.

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Captured Russian Soldiers [View all] blue-wave Feb 2022 OP

K&R! SheltieLover Feb 2022 #1

These guys look pretty raggedy to me - mercenaries? MaryMagdaline Feb 2022 #2

Maybe blue-wave Feb 2022 #3

They all look at least 40 alphafemale Feb 2022 #6

They are separatists captured in Shchastia dalton99a Feb 2022 #4

Ahh, thanks for the info blue-wave Feb 2022 #5

Balding and overweight, they certainly aren't crack troops. brush Feb 2022 #7

LOL!!! blue-wave Feb 2022 #8

the caption onethatcares Feb 2022 #10

Pootin should be concerned. C Moon Feb 2022 #9

Their home is in Ukraine. LisaL Feb 2022 #11

If these are truly POWs, this photo is a violation of the Geneva Convention. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2022 #12

captured soldiers are not automatically POW uncle ray Feb 2022 #13

There is the caption under the photo (in post 4) which says they are from Luhansk, LisaL Feb 2022 #14

The mighty Russian Army and it's Allies. Texaswitchy Feb 2022 #15

No pictures of POWs cally Feb 2022 #16