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SmartWonderWoman Apr 11, 2026 +205

🌻 🌻🌻

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McMatey_Pirate Apr 11, 2026 +397

I remember watching the Mariupol siege daily because of how important it was at the time. Absolutely heroic efforts by the defenders and I’m glad some of them are getting saved and brought home.

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areeighty Apr 11, 2026 +206

I can't begin to imagine what they would have gone through.

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Extra-Bite2324 Apr 11, 2026 -27

And how many were originally captured versus the number of returned. The Russians do like un-aliving prisoners of war after all.

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Bengineering3D Apr 11, 2026 +79

You can say killed or murdered on Listnook.

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Medallicat Apr 12, 2026 +12

What about tortured? Can he say tortured?

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mister_milkshake Apr 12, 2026 +2

No they will ip ban you for that you have to say tippy tap. But yes they are so sick they seem to even enjoy tippy tapping prisoners.

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chenjia1965 Apr 12, 2026 +2

Nah, get the map and purple backpack to start singing about it /s

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Magikrat Apr 12, 2026 +18

You really need to stop self censoring killing. Sticks and stones can break my bones but self censorship legitimizes power based censorship and will kill you.

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ChocolateSmart3353 Apr 11, 2026 +65

Omg, holy shit amazing!

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kidkledsky Apr 11, 2026 +34

I hope they heal and live better lives. ❤️

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SCP106 Apr 11, 2026 +45

incredible news, I hope they get the wide ranging support they will need going forward for as long and as much as they may need...

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Former_String8874 Apr 11, 2026 +15

I pray they can receive the help they need, I can't begin to imagine their trauma, to survive capture let alone, then years in unimaginable captivity. The Ukrainian people are absolutely amazing people 🥹

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Projectgrace Apr 11, 2026 +14

Heck yeah!!!! 🇨🇦here sending big hugs!!

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sparkax Apr 11, 2026 +15

Aren't those the "neo-nazis" they were initially claiming they were invading to remove, but then turned out to be regular people who lived in the town who didn't want the Nazi-like Russians coming and telling them what to think and do, then it took like an whole ass year for Russia to finally capture them?

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Ithaqua-Yigg Apr 11, 2026 +6

Putin is getting pushed back, love that Ukraine some good news.

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A_Nonny_Muse Apr 12, 2026 +4

Now document the hell out of all the castrations, rapes, and tortures.

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SoftwareSource Apr 12, 2026 +2

These men will be living legends at home. Glad they are finally free.

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iritchie001 Apr 12, 2026 +1

Welcome home heroes. An amazing group of people fighting to maintain their country in the face of unjust aggression.

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bitchcoin5000 Apr 12, 2026 +1

Incredible news

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ConditionHoliday2844 Apr 11, 2026 -101

Could be the kinda thing that leads to a ceasefire, god willing

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Zenithixv Apr 11, 2026 +86

They've done prisoner exchanges for years, it wont lead to anything

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ConditionHoliday2844 Apr 11, 2026 -42

Okay

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Karli_Chirk Apr 11, 2026 +40

Putin fucked up Russian economy to the point his country won't survive without a war going. Most of his GDP is missiles built to destroy civilian blocks in Ukraine. UPD: most of Russian yearly federal budget, not GDP.

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Phrewfuf Apr 11, 2026 +18

Won‘t be going much longer with or without. Iran plays a bit into Putin hands, but even that is not going to help for long. I‘ve read some analyst say that during wartime, a country’s economy is doing really well until it suddenly doesn‘t. And Ukraine is doing their best at expediting that.

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AggravatingJudge7092 Apr 11, 2026 +4

But wouldn't that apply to Ukraine too? Especially since now a huge bulk of their military hardware is made inhouse? I could see it being somewhat mitigated if they become a big drone exporter

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Safe_Score2222 Apr 11, 2026 +12

Yes, that does apply to Ukraine as well. However, Ukraine has the financial backing of the West and actual allies that are providing favorable deals, loans and other support without expecting much in return. Russia doesnt have any of that. Russias allies consist of countries like Cuba, Belarus, North Korea or Iran. All of which are already struggling on their own, even if they wanted they couldnt support Russia the same way the West can support Ukraine. The only competent and meaningful "allies" are China and India and those are not allies. Proven by the fact that this entire time both of them have been using Russias desperate situation to force Russia into unfavorable and barely profitable deals.

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Impossible-Pause-722 Apr 12, 2026 +3

...and Trump, who undoubtedly is doing all he can behind the scenes to prop up Putin...

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xmsxms Apr 11, 2026 +1

Who's paying for that? That makes no sense. They could just pay those workers and not build the missiles. Or build dud missiles and fire them into landfill.

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sadrice Apr 11, 2026 +2

That would indeed be much more productive. Better yet, they could use that money and labor to make Russia a better place, but that never seems to happen… Russia is a really tragic place, it’s so fucked up, and the individual common people are just people like anyone else, but their government is so brutal and their political culture is so toxic and their media is such an Amazonian flood of bullshit and propaganda that it seems like nothing can change for the better. I feel bad for them. I would feel more bad for them if they weren’t invading Ukraine with (at least according to polls) popular support.

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bocko159 Apr 11, 2026 -1

You are funny.

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UnoStufato Apr 11, 2026 -32

🤡 take that you 100% read on Listnook, never questioned and started repeating. Total military spending is <10% of Russian GDP.

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LiberalSuperG Apr 11, 2026 +12

Do the math on an economy being chipped away from every direction. Loss of manpower and manufacturing can only go on for so long before a chain reaction of failures. It’s like running an engine without oil

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UnoStufato Apr 11, 2026 -15

Ok? Not sure what that has to do with the claim that "most of his GDP is missiles". It's simply not even close to true. For Christ, can we please stop making shit up because it sounds bad for our "enemies"?

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Karli_Chirk Apr 11, 2026 +21

Over 30% of Russian federal budget is classified "top secret" because of the war with Ukraine in addition to non-secret military expenses part. It's not that hard to guess where the "top secret" money goes.

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UnoStufato Apr 11, 2026 -18

Ok, and the Russian federal budget is <20% of GDP. Even if those 30% of their budget went 100% into missiles, that's still less than 15% of GDP. Look, I hate Russia as much as the rest of you. Those fuckers made my gas bill go through the roof in 2022. But can we at least try to stay somewhere close to facts?

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Karli_Chirk Apr 11, 2026 +8

There is not much sense in evaluating open Russian official statistics sources anyways those figures are all made up.

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UnoStufato Apr 11, 2026 +3

And instead you just make shit up?

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ButterscotchOk5339 Apr 11, 2026 +5

Your gas bill? The bastards!

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UnoStufato Apr 11, 2026 +1

I sincerely hope you face financial hardships at some point in your life. You probably won't remember it, but if you do - know that I'll be laughing about your misery then, too.

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Scar3cr0w_ Apr 11, 2026 +2

I’m sorry listnook, but this guy is right. I hate russia, I hate the war, Putin can feck arf… but the data is the data. Multiple sources cite russias spending on defence is around 7.2-7.5%. Western intelligence suggests it might be closer to 10%. That’s still an incredible amount however, up from 3.6% pre the war.

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UnoStufato Apr 12, 2026 +1

Don't bother. Facts obviously no longer matter to the lunatics on listnook. Russia is bad, so Putin is about to die, their economy is about to go bankrupt, they fight with donkeys and their troops are surrendering in the millions. We've always been at war with Eastasia.

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Wajina_Sloth Apr 11, 2026 +5

Its purely a way for Russia to get rid of prisoners taking up resources and get people back to throw back into the war effort. They do large prisoner exchanges every couple of months, has nothing to do with hoping for a ceasefire.

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Onetimer6 Apr 11, 2026 +1

Let's hope they're not going back to the front right away.

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Russia held them for years —Ukraine just brought home 182 prisoners, including Mariupol’s defenders

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