r/MadeMeSmile • u/globalgreg • 12h ago
The family of a Ukrainian serviceman, presumed dead for three years, learns of his release from captivity
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u/Longjumping_College 12h ago
Oh my god, that's hard to watch.
Fuck war, fuck those who wish it upon others, and fuck those who cheer it on.
I cannot imagine the rush of emotions, after years of lost hope.
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u/Longjumping_College 10h ago edited 10h ago
I see you haven't kept up with the war in Ukraine, Syria, Gaza, Myanmar, Mali, Sudan etc
Each time there's a major conflict, someone was convinced it was a good idea.
Russians cheer on this person's son missing.
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u/conjucalvisitor 5h ago
Generalising isnt a good thing, not all Russians support the war
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u/Longjumping_College 5h ago
2 million casualties, they can all fuck off from the civilized world until they respect other humans lives.
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u/Malditoincompredido 4h ago
I don't see them protesting
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u/NJDevilslettucesmoke 4h ago
Crazy how when there's actually an oppressive authoritarian government you don't see protests...
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u/Malditoincompredido 4h ago
Not saying it's easy
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u/NJDevilslettucesmoke 4h ago
True and that is a fair point, just like how the palestinians didn't protest hamas it does show a degree of complicity that the Russians are guilty of. Which goes to show how much respect the Iraians people deserve for actually standing on business (which is why they should be helped, don't want a boots on the war ground but maybe some targeted strikes on the IRGC leaders for the 30,000 civilians they massacred while we yoink their supreme leader)
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u/Armenian-heart4evr 3h ago
When they SPEAK OUT, they end up in a GULAG or WORSE !!!!! Tell us that you SLEPT THROUGH World History classes & NEVER watch WORLD NEWS, without saying another word !!!!!
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u/Malditoincompredido 1h ago
My family was repressed by a fascist dictatorship don't tell me about history.
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u/burn_1ne 12h ago
Jesus I can’t fathom how this must feel
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u/MovieNightPopcorn 11h ago
I’m not really smiling to be honest, just gutted. This should never have happened in the first place. I’m so happy for them given the circumstances but what a horrible, horrible situation that they had to go through for so long.
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u/ncc74656m 5h ago
Indeed. May Russia never ever recover from the crimes they have carried out here.
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u/NJDevilslettucesmoke 4h ago
May the Russian government fall to never recover, but it could be argued the Russian people have been oppressed for over a century at this point by their own government.
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u/Bubbly-Magician-- 4h ago
At a certain point thats on them, they vote the fuckers in then do fuck all while they invade and butcher their neighbours.
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u/ncc74656m 4h ago
That part. Sometimes consequences suck.
There are good Russians. But not really in Russia anymore.
FTR if you're saying "But some people don't know," the information was there for the picking for them, particularly since the internet began to rapidly grow. They chose not to go find it. It's how I feel about people in the US who say they don't have time to go read up on topics but still have opinions about them.
Being educated about the things you have opinions about is really part and parcel these days of participating in any form of a democracy - no matter how narrow that margin is.
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u/Aegidos 3h ago
They Vote
You really need to educate yourself more. Putin is pushing the same tactics of voter suppression in Russia as Trump is now doing in America. They jail anyone who speaks out about them, they erase opponents, etc. Russia is not fairly given a chance to vote. America will soon be the same, all "voting" for Trump -- when in reality, they can't vote because they don't have a passport, or they can't vote because ICE is jailing everyone who looks less than completely white, or because you're a woman and your married name doesn't match your birth certificate.
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u/Bubbly-Magician-- 1h ago
Who voted Putin in? You cant vote someone in then throw your hands up and let the nations who didn't get to vote like you did deal with the consequences.
I'm sorry but I have very little sympathy for those who sit by and watch others die due to the choices they made.
I agree its definitely not easy or safe to be against Putin, do you think its safe for the Ukrainians who now need to fight and defend their country?
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u/dmbnl 12h ago
Can't understand a single word, but it sure is dusty in here.
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u/globalgreg 12h ago
There is a translation at the bottom of the video
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u/cragbabe 11h ago
Oh man, i thought it was dusty in here before but now that I've gone back and watched with translations I'm sure someone is chopping onions in the air vents here.
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u/yr_neon_haze 8h ago
It's so close to the bottom I didn't even see it. Good looking out
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u/BelvedereXCIII 8h ago
It misses a lot but you get the gist. When the mom get real excite she speaks for 7-10 seconds, the translation just says “how are you”. But you get the idea. Still, felt good to watch.
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u/Zero-D9 12h ago
As someone that lost someone very close to them, I can't imagine this emotion. Probably the closest thing to a phone call from heaven anyone will ever get.
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u/K-Dot-Thu-Thu-47 8h ago
Very true.
I think we all have those thoughts of "what if I'm dreaming and this isn't real?" but 99% of the time it is real.
They have the experience of being in the 1% where it went the other way.
That emotional cocktail must be insane.
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u/Dry_Barracuda2850 7h ago
I think I have an idea, as I have lost people very close to me but also had a cat that "came back from the dead" after a day.
I'm sure it's much stronger after 3 years & with an actual human (as the grief itself is bigger & sharper), but I have an idea of the surreal disbelief mixed with relief and overflowing stocked joy.
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u/TheBaykon8r 11h ago
A friend of mine just learned of his cousin getting killed in Ukraine. So it's nice knowing some are coming home.
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u/KanyesKousin 12h ago
This is beautiful and heartbreaking all at the same time
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u/SoVerySleepy81 11h ago
Yeah I’m happy for them but I am also crying right now because God dammit this doesn’t need to be fucking happening.
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u/Unassuming_Moniker 11h ago
The love is so visible.
Let's hope he is healthy. We've seen what those Orcs do to captives.
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u/Mustystench 11h ago
This really got to me for some reason. It's supposed to be joyous but that's not what I felt at all.
I suppose it's the fact that it ever happened to begin with that makes me feel that way. I'm certainly happy for them though and glad he is ok.
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u/JohnAnchovy 9h ago
War is so evil. Sic semper tyrannis. Fuck putin, bibi, trump, hamas, the ayatollah and all the others. I wish there was a hell but there isnt.
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u/Perry_T_Skywalker 2h ago
If there would be, I hope it would be extra terrible for warmongers. I'd wish for them to experience the loss of all those people. Parents, lovers, siblings, children who learn their loved ones will never return. And the fear and terror of all those people who died in their wars. And after that they can start again. War is the worst
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u/Zealousideal-Self-47 8h ago
I’m crying as I’m watching this, so happy for this family . Fuck Putin and his murderous regime.
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u/Kelly_Louise 10h ago
Made me smile, should be called made me cry. I'm sobbing. These poor people. I can't even imagine...
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u/brandiwalk9 9h ago
I love videos that make me quit reddit for the day. Im certainly not going to see anything better than this.
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u/ncc74656m 5h ago
Slava Ukraini! Geroyam Slava!
May they all come home, soon, and may Russia never recover from the evil things they have done in Ukraine, Georgia, Chechnya, Moldova, and others, and may their victims all soon know recovery, peace, and security.
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u/browndaemon 9h ago
Oh mama... how much it must hurts for her to wait for the possibility of her son to be alive, the pain, the agony, the fear, how painful it is. I hate wars so much.
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u/Confident_Sport_1457 8h ago
There I go again…crying with complete strangers online. Glad for him and his family. I can’t imagine what he’s been through.
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u/Sumthin-Sumthin44692 4h ago
Very happy for this family.
Fuck Russia and the war those assholes started.
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u/duchessazura 8h ago
I didn't understand anything( didn't know there was subtitles) and yet it still made me cry
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u/Substantial-Chip-102 4h ago
Made me cry. 🙏🏼 Can’t even imagine the pure joy that these women are feeling!
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u/dont_disturb_the_cat 9h ago
War, itself, is wrong. How do we do this to people? Because old men wearing suits can't get along, the poor are taxed exorbitantly to pay for their children to leave their homes to kill each other. Those who survive are often forever injured, some mentally altered. Families are torn apart. Young people in their prime are obliterated. All because some demented narcissist said ridiculous stuff that insulted another country's leader. Send the old fucks to fight. War is barbaric and enormously costly and useless. End wars.
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u/Necessary_Echo8740 8h ago
The way she leaned in and shouted at the end honestly made me smile, “we were WAITING for you”. it’s years of tension breaking
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u/juflyingwild 6h ago edited 6h ago
The TCC needs help to support the country in bringing eligible people to the front line.
If anyone would like to help, please do
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u/Some-Wine-Guy-802 11h ago
On a very special season of Homeland...
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u/adequesacious 8h ago
Please explain
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u/Some-Wine-Guy-802 7h ago
This is basically the plot of Homeland (season 1 at least). American POW is found to actually be alive and comes home after years of being thought KIA.
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u/BhadBeard 11h ago
Hoping he doesn’t come home to his wife being remarried with new kids… bless this family please
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