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riversedge

(79,177 posts)
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 01:47 AM Aug 2025

VON DER LEYEN: "Thousands of kidnapped Ukrainian children must be returned to their families." TRUMP: *completely ignor

I probably missed it but I have not seen any discussion of these kids who were taken by Putin.


The Tennessee Holler
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VON DER LEYEN: “Thousands of kidnapped Ukrainian children must be returned to their families.”

TRUMP: *completely ignores her, congratulates himself on slapping tariffs on EU goods (raising prices on Americans)*


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VON DER LEYEN: "Thousands of kidnapped Ukrainian children must be returned to their families." TRUMP: *completely ignor (Original Post) riversedge Aug 2025 OP
Yes. An estimated 20,000 Ukrainian children have been kidnapped by russia. Crunchy Frog Aug 2025 #1
I actually thought, when the response Trump gave was vanlassie Aug 2025 #2
He sickens me. llmart Aug 2025 #3

Crunchy Frog

(28,208 posts)
1. Yes. An estimated 20,000 Ukrainian children have been kidnapped by russia.
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 02:32 AM
Aug 2025

Many have been sent to reeducation camps, others have been "adopted" by russian families. They are frequently having their names and birthdates changed so they can't be tracked. The purpose is to completely strip them of their Ukrainian identity and turn them into russians. Older boys are being turned into soldiers to use in the against their own country. IOW, the intent is expresssly genocidal, and is the reason that the ICC has an arrest warrant out on Putin.

This is obviously a HUGE issue for the Ukrainians.

vanlassie

(6,217 posts)
2. I actually thought, when the response Trump gave was
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 03:50 AM
Aug 2025

so shocking, that it had to be AI.
Neither Rachel or Lawrence mentioned it, which I had thought certainly they would.

llmart

(17,302 posts)
3. He sickens me.
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 04:29 AM
Aug 2025

Such a malignant narcissist. Everything always has to be about him. Why they even bother including him in any of this is beyond me. They already know he's too stupid to register what others are saying. It's a wonder he can even dress himself every day.

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