According to Novoeizdanie Russians are evaluating bodies from Mariupol Theater to Crimea

A country doesnt really always need the democracy, for their people to be free and happy.
sometimes kings, chieftains, whatever you call them, can be decent leaders too. Notable example is Singapore.
Only problem is when your king isn't decent, and you dont have easy means to change it.
So a democracy is the best, but it works only if people are educated and interested enough to keep it.

so the red cross which rarely puts out statements put out a statement saying about 1,700 POWs were taken in Mariupol by Russia
As the Ukrainian side has used a POW for a very public propagandized war crimes trial, it pretty much guarantees that the only two possible outcomes for Ukrainian POWs that were taken are either war crimes trials or prisoner exchanges;

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-kyiv-nato-4cf194da8b1870d26cbedc0a7ec69ed6



Its pretty much a given that at least some of them will be put on public war crime trials since Russia has a hard-on for tit-for-tat escalation, but with 1700 of them its hard to guess what will happen.
Now that Mariupol has been secured, Russia will undoubtedly be redeploying forces to the Donbass to coordinate their assault, which is what has been predicted for weeks.

well its the same in a democracy as well - while a president may have a fixed term, leaders of political parties can last for decades and thus they further the agenda. but broadly i agree with you.

also



i think prisoners captured by russia will never be seen again.



This post was edited by ferdia on May 19 2022 01:21pm

Some (odious nazi war criminals) will be convicted (a hundred, may be two), others (two or three thousands) will be exchanged for Russian PoWs. After a year or two (may be earlier) they will be exchanged when the dust settles.

these guys fought to the bitter end for a reason

they are literally the bogeyman for this entire war, one way ticket to siberia here we go

Russia already deported thousands or dozens thousands of Ukrainian children, women. For sure it's easy to bomb their home then offering water, bread, and a bus...
They will probably achieve human trafficking in the process considering the corruption. I don't see which kind of silly excuse could defend that.

Looks like azov batallion neo nazis will be facing a war crime tribunal in Russia. Here's evidence of what they did to civillians trying to leave Mariupol

Human trafficking by Joseph Stalin is why there are so many ethnic Russians in Ukraine to begin with. Same in other former Soviet states.

Democracy is dogsht. Constitutional Republic is best form of government if it actually gets followed