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delisen

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2. Or possibly desperation on the home front.

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

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.

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