Ukraine has submitted a list of POWs to Russia for a 1,000-for-1,000 prisoner swap. Many Ukrainian soldiers have now spent over three years in Russian captivity, where they are often being tortured, abused and offered to "join Russian forces to then occupy Europe."
That’s a mighty good wish that will never come true because of its internal logic.
With their culture, if left alone, something will fester and they WILL come back.
I’d rather have Russia become an actual, real democracy that controls their police apparatus and army well. It’s the only way forward
Would be nice, but there is no path there right now. Every single bridge built to them was twisted and weaponized (some of it thanks to western anarchocapitalists)
PS: it took all major armies in the world to fix France and get rid of Bonapartism, it took all major armies in the world to fix Germany and get rid of nazism…but there are no resources to fix russia and putinism, especially if MAGAts and China want to use it to keep Europe in check.