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Putin takes innocent hostages to use as bargaining chips. He is rewarded and praised for exchanging them for Russian spies & criminals, encouraging further terrorist acts.
Among the 35 hostages were the 24 Ukrainian sailors Putin kidnapped, their release demanded by a UN tribunal in May. (A 19-1 vote, the 1 was Russia.) Of course we are all happy they and the others are free. But this is not justice.
Putin is continuing his war on Ukraine, with fatalities nearly every day. New talk of a "peace process" is a joke when Putin could end the conflict instantly, just as he began it. "Use force, then negotiate" works well for him.
