1/ Most impressive from intercepted phone calls btw RU militaries and their wifes/moms: 1) women are excited by marauding catch, directly say to take as much as possible; 2) women hate Ukrainians, perceive them as subhumans and urge to kill and destroy. No compassion
2/ 3)Once RU soldiers are captured and call to ask relatives to make it public, to address authorities to release them, the is pure silence in response. Moms/wifes say “What can I do?”. This is the most impressive. Not to try to save your child, really?!
3/ 4) Lots of curse words. Almost any conversation btw soldiers and their women is 90% consist of curse words. Not just to call Ukrainians, but generally.
4/ 5) I even don’t mention, that women DO NOT believe their captive men, that those attacked civilians, and no one met them with flowers. Women refer to RU TV news, and say: “No, they say in TV, Kharkiv is ours, people greet you and feed you!”

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Refusal from NATO will be strategic mistake for #Ukraine️. They say that @NATO doesn’t want UA as a member. On the contrary:1) this 🇩🇪 or 🇫🇷 position won’t change without pressure from UA. By refusing we strengthen idea, that RU is to decide about UA-NATO relations 🧵1/
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