Mother Fights To Free Fallen Azovstal Defender's Widow From Russian Captivity

Lyudmyla Subotina’s son Andriy was among the Ukrainian soldiers killed in the defense of the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol last March. Two days before he died, he had married a fellow soldier who was taken prisoner by Russia. Subotina has been on a campaign get her widowed daughter-in-law freed.
Originally published at - www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-mothe...

[@sarac.3259]

I can't imagine how painful life must be to have lost your son in those circumstances - and not be able to hold a funeral - and to not know the whereabouts of your daughter-in-law. Praying that Valeria can be located and returned safely and that the body of Andriy can also be located so that the family can pay their respects. _Slava Ukraini!_

[@juliewebb-jx2jm]

💔

[@user-dr8xv5wu4s]

Of course you can! I didn’t care a fig for the fallen rebells against the coup inspirited by foreign forces and you loved the west murdering people on all the “countries badly needing our democracy”. What changed for you now? Is that because of their race or because they’re nazi ?

[@jocelynyared2150]

'Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.' Very sorry for your loss. May your daughter be restored to you soon.

[@timmardon6161]

This needs more publicity! Poor woman, good luck in your search!😘

[@user-zz2of4zk6b]

This needs application to the Ukrainian government to include this woman in the list for the POW exchange.

[@pvanhetpadje]

Search to find the nazi's?

[@susansmith9263]

This is so heartbreaking and tragic. 😔 This war is absolutely senseless. Rest in Power Andriy.💙💛 Praying that Andriy's mother locates her daughter in law, which should help her road towards healing. 🙏

[@fromhelltocell]

I hope she gets back and makes her to eat all this bs, after she kick her teeth out of her uselless skull

[@Traktorovac]

A Stone would cry here and not a People!! My God.

[@seratonin7004]

So many stories of heartache and tragedy have come from this war, but also tales of immense courage and compassion. May the horror end soon and recovery begin. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦

[@em945]

So so sad. Bless these 2 Ladies. Son looks like Mother.

[@1midnightfish]

He does! I thought that too as I was watching 😔

[@ZolaClyde]

If it is okay with Valeria, I’d love read her book of poetry. It’d be great to see it translated to English, and every other language for that matter. Especially if the money helps find Valeria safe and helps Ukrainians.🌻💙🌻

[@juliewebb-jx2jm]

That would be a great way to raise funds to help find her aswel as a beautiful way to honour her son.

[@patrickfitzgerald2861]

The world will NEVER forget the war crimes of the Russian gangsters . . . Slava Ukraini! Heroiam slava!

[@Tomsmith-dl7xz]

The US invaded Iraq twice, a sovereign country and killed over 500,000 civilians. Did you cry then? lol

[@user-zz5sp2hu9c]

Glory to Ukraine ! Like and repost from Israel, Jerusalem !🎉

[@adrianhudek9111]

Sad. And it should not be like this.

[@oneofusall]

This is one drop in the ocean of pain that the war creates for everyone.

[@juliewebb-jx2jm]

I am sure that you're son will be at peace knowing that you will do everything in your power to get his wife home.❤

[@Jyshrii]

Glory to Ukraine and the Ukrainian Heroes!

[@user-dr8xv5wu4s]

Hm. How nice of you pushing these heroes to their death while comfortably chewing yet another steak in your lovely democratic heaven. ❤

[@noellealissa2206]

My deepest condolences! You are loved!🙏😭💖

[@michaeljohnson3256]

God I hope this nightmare Ends soon ..hopefully by the end of this year so these poor people can begin the healing., Ukrainians are the strongest people I have ever seen .all the best to you brave Souls from Mike in Oz🇦🇺🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@Tomsmith-dl7xz]

virtue signal award today lol

[@lyn.267]

my deepest sympathy to the families who lost their lives 😢. God will comfort and will give you peace and strength. God bless Ukrainian military and people 🙏 ❤.

[@beam3819]

Glory to the heros of Azovsthal. May God help you find Valeria and get her back in good health. May this criminal war end soon and bring peace to the Ukranian people❤️🇺🇦🇧🇻🙏

[@jeffsiegwart]

I hope that the Brutal Russian Dictatorship did not harm her. You must hold out hope.

[@cikicar]

Of course not, Russians are not animals like you people, even towards nazis, sleep well, she will be safe and sound until her 70th birthday when they will let her out.

[@sunny_987]

Valeria is free. Finally! She was released yesterday. Finally her mother-in-law will meet her! 💗 I hope and pray Ukraine will liberate Mariupol soon, and that they will be able to recover the bodies of the brave people of Azovstal. The russians have tried hard to erase their crimes, but they have to be held accountable for all of them.

[@hennieahrens5251]

Please help her anyway you can!❤

[@amandadonaghey7540]

All blessings on these brave and beautiful people 💛💙💛💙💛💙🇺🇦💛💙💛💙💛💙

[@colinballard1219]

Lost for words so so sad Slava Ukraini UK

[@drughi9345]

Slava Ukraini, Heroyam slava🇺🇦🤝🏻🇭🇷

[@imaginemetoo]

Support hearts and minds with Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦 💙💛💙💛💙💛

[@user-ql6om9vr3q]

R.I.P🇺🇦🙏🇯🇵☦️✝️♥️🌹🕊️🌻🕯️🎖️3Cy SLAVIA🇺🇦victory fromJAPAN

[@AlexA-vz9pz]

I pray for the Ukrainian heroes God be with you. So sorry for Your loss. Slava Ukraini💛💙

[@sunyue5076]

Praying for Valerias safe return love and support form hongkong 💙💛 💗

[@cheebacheeobusiness3893]

My condolences! He's in peace already tho. 🇺🇦 Все буде Україна! 🇺🇦

[@deocontreras.business.advisor]

Amen🙏🏼

[@madmax5841]

Imagine if all mothers and wives loved and helped their husbands flee war in Russia / defend Ukraine

[@pynn1000]

Blame women? This is 2023.

[@simpdefendmlady6579]

​@@pynn1000 Hold women accountable in 2023

[@samanthav8728]

Oh My Holy Lord God, a Mother's Love is so strong! Mother, your son is a hero and always will be. You've done your duty as a woman, a wife, a mother and now you need to find peace and rest in that you have fulfilled your Godly duties. I am so utterly sorry for your loss! I pray for Valeria's safe return and that you all will go on in the memory of your legacy! Ukraine is a strong loving and vibrant country. You are the proof of that. God Bless you and yours in Jesus Name!

[@MegsCarpentry-lovedogs]

So heartbreaking. Such deep grief. Thank you for sharing your story. Our thoughts and hearts are with you and your story will be remembered and our hope is that you will say good bye to your son for your soul to feel peace. 🙏🙏❤‍🩹 🇨🇦💙🇺🇦

[@marcos.lombardo]

all my love to you all are in my heart and thoughts and prayers

[@susanwestern6434]

My heartfelt condolences to her. Eternal memory to the hero. I hope that Valeria can be found.

[@sunny_987]

These poor people, what they have to live through. Senseless pain and suffering all because of one man's imperial ambitions. 💔

[@babochkanochi]

heartbreaking

[@Siranoxz]

Sorry for your loss. Goddamn!, it is quite something to lose your child.

[@jessicaaguilar6435]

God is great! Love is so powerful! You will be reunited with your loved ones! Freedom for your beloved Ukraine!

[@corazonagoncillo2699]

I've watched the videos of soldiers trying to hold on to save Azovstal for months and grieved when they lost.

[@alenatim3837]

Надеюсь вы внимательно рассмотрели их, когда они сдались в плен и на весь мир показали свастики, и портреты Гитлера на своих татуировках. А так же внимательно послушали, что говорят очевидцы из Мариуполя.

[@spencermoses8236]

Imagine how terrible what actually war creates , the one responsible to start it on Feb 24 2022 will deserve and pay for the prize God blessing, love ,peace and protection still on Ukrainian side.

[@karensheehan2878]

So sad. I hope she comes home asap. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@Hitfirstandhithard]

28.03.2023. A Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter, while trying to deliver an air strike on the Russian positions from the area of Temirovka, was destroyed by the crew of the ‘BUK’ air defense system in the Zaporizhzhya area. The pilots died.

[@MCSonixx]

😢

[@alicehicks9500]

😢 how heartbreaking Please let us know when there is a resolution Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦 ♥ ❤

[@brakaponter]

HEROE.

[@martinsmamis5778]

Slava Ukraine! Its very tragic story about Azovstal Defenfers :( Rest in Peace for all Azovstal Defenders. All World Just watched have brevary Azovstal defenders soldiers die from brutal vatnik attack in Mariupol city. Maybe Erdogan be enought brave told the World about true how much Azovsta;l soldiers its stayed Turkey prisons?

[@johnwakamatsu3391]

Glory to Ukraine

[@daanveld2887]

Slava be proud of your son ent your zelf respect for wat you do your son wíl be proud of his mama for whats she dowing for azov bataljon mij respect to mama slava tho you slava ukrnia

[@matfaycal3078]

🙏🇺🇦❤️🇵🇹⭐️🕯

[@U.H8]

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@bradmaher6119]

God bless Ukraine and all of their heroic defenders! 🇺🇦❤🙏🏻

[@clalmeida67]

So heartbreaking! 🌾🌾🌾 SLAVA UKRAINI! 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Love from Portugal!

[@larswild7193]

😢🙏🙏

[@bhakti.exchange]

💔❤‍🔥

[@gloriagavaneli9862]

May Andriy rest in peace.

[@weelass3188]

All this death and pain is caused by one man's ego.

[@thegall7437]

And everyone who votes for him. Second place with 20% votes is another neo-USSR party tho. Communist Party of the Russian Federation. Third place is a fake opposition party and then come real alternatives. People of Mordor are real normal.

[@paulborn4864]

😥

[@flynndiesl]

Michael would grant your desire and may your daughter-in-law be found and may you be reconciled in Jesus name amen

[@mikehoncho7252]

Does she have others trying to get her released? Are they sure she is still a prisoner and not dead. I hope you find peace and your son's wife

[@imyourdad2458]

A mother's love for her child is above and beyond comparison. Nothing in the world is worthy to her child.

[@len4319]

God is justice and Judgement. Those who stupidity criminal war of ruZzia will repay back is different more pain. God bless their souls. Peace with God. In the mighty name of Jesus is justice. 🙏🌈

[@wendydunn5611]

The absolute horror of this senseless war the Russian regime are responsible for starting should haunt them for the rest of their days, with the murder of many Ukrainians and children. Sending healing and prayers that they will be reunited again and justice served and the kremlin regime held fully accountable for this insane and senseless war and murder of many innocent people. Glory to Ukraine 🙏🏻🇺🇦🇺🇦🌻🇺🇦🇺🇦👏🏻standing against the evil and darkness of their neighbour!!!

[@fromhelltocell]

I reported you all brainfarts, with this: Because of this video, and everything related to this, woman in captivity is in real danger of her captives do serious harm to her and other people in simillar situations. It is a golden rule that you DO NOT post this kind of things without consent of a prisoner of war, and I hope you all get sued when this woman comes back.

[@Hitfirstandhithard]

28.03.2023. Crashed on a pot with "Geranium": during the attack of "Shahids" last night, a Su-27 fighter of the Ukrainian Air Force was shot down. The pilot, Major Denis Kirilyuk, died on the night of 27 to 28 during a combat mission, Ukrainian resources write. During the Shahid attacks, Ukraine has already lost 3 fighter jets.

[@augustaj3952]

🇺🇦🙏

[@OstblockLatina]

0:36 perhaps it would help Ukrainians, among them Azov battalion members, to avoid being constantly accused of sympathising with national socialist ideology, if they'd stopped using specifically the norse symbols who were misappropriated by the n-zis and which have white supremacy and other similar things as one of their meanings...

[@dmitriydv959]

They joyfully draw German crosses on their tanks, this says something ...

[@thegall7437]

It's a traditional slavic sun cross. Too much twitter and too little studies you notsee hunters.

[@moonkitty6682]

@@thegall7437 exactly! I’m tired of our Slavic pagan cultural roots being twisted into “nazi symbolism” to fit a sort of narrative

[@user-zz2of4zk6b]

It's very simple. You need to appeal to the Ukrainian government to include this woman in the list for the POW exchange. And thing more. Please do not kill Russian prisoners of war so that Ukraine has the opportunity to exchange "one for one".

[@mihaildopler804]

You said like you know that russian soldiers never killing Ukrainian POWs and the fact that the Russians can be trusted.

[@righteousbyfaithinChrist]

❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦💪💪💪💪❤️🇺🇸

[@veronikajordan4918]

Die Tränen haben kein Ende 😢 💔🙏 Es ist so traurig! 😢 Mein Beileid! Wenn der Irre in Moskau diesen Wahnsinn nicht angezettelt hätte, müsste in der Ukraine niemand weinen. Das Leid muss ein Ende haben, in eurem Land und bei den russischen Familien, die von vornherein angelogen wurden und immer noch werden. Die auch um ihre Männer trauern. 😢💔 Wir in Deutschland sind in Gedanken bei euch 🙏🇺🇦 und helfen so gut wir können!

[@Hitfirstandhithard]

28.03.2023. Всего с начала проведения специальной военной операции российские вооруженные силы уничтожили: 404 самолета, 226 вертолетов, 3612 беспилотных летательных аппаратов, 414 зенитных ракетных комплексов, 8433 танка и других боевых бронированных машин, 1074 боевые машины реактивных систем залпового огня, 4449 орудий полевой артиллерии и минометов, а также 9161 единица специальной военной автомобильной техники.

[@asanitationstompout8473]

Keep the mountains of corpses coming

[@Hitfirstandhithard]

27.03.2023. Командир российского расчета противотанкового ракетного комплекса сержант Евгений Коротких занял позицию на танкоопасном направлении возле одного из освобожденных населенных пунктов. Ночью ВСУ силами до танкового взвода предприняли очередную попытку прорыва обороны российских войск. Действуя в составе своего подразделения, Евгений Коротких прицельным огнем подбил три украинских танка, что впоследствии позволило сорвать наступление противника и отбросить его силы на исходные позиции.

[@elenaberwick3980]

I saw multiple videos how Ukr army killed RU POWs. Just wondering if your channel is gonna show such things

[@Hitfirstandhithard]

28.03.2023. A Russian video: Снайперский выстрел - Артиллерия ЧВК «Вагнер» уничтожает боевиков ВСУ в Бахмуте. Одним точным попаданием ликвидирована группа украинских нацистов, в самую середину которых падает мощный снаряд, разрывая на части бегущих ВСУшников. Беспилотники обнаруживают и передают координаты, после чего артиллеристы уничтожают подразделения ВСУ.

[@Hitfirstandhithard]

27.03.2023. Российское видео: Удар дрона-камикадзе "Ланцет-3" по норвежской 155-мм САУ M109A3GN украинской армии на Запорожском направлении. Разлетелась САУ на кусочки!

[@steveprocter6241]

Is a special visa required to visit the planet you live on?

[@Hitfirstandhithard]

@@steveprocter6241 Shortly before the deadly Iranian missile and drone strikes on the American servicemen and infrastructure, illegally and against the international law stationed in Syria, the representatives of Damascus and Riyadh held an official meeting in Dubai in order to resume relations. Moscow acted as the intermediary to the talks. The parties agreed to create a roadmap for the restoration of contacts between Saudi Arabia and Syria. In addition, the representatives of Saudi Arabia also held talks with Iran, where China acted as the intermediary. And in all these events, the American leadership was sidelined and remained "overboard of geopolitical changes."

[@Hitfirstandhithard]

@@steveprocter6241 The only 'special' thing is the truth of the alternative information you are afraid of. Does the info on the heavy Ukrainian losses hurt? Yes, it does. You are cut off from the alternative pieces of infomation.

[@Hitfirstandhithard]

@@steveprocter6241 28.03.2023. A Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter, while trying to deliver an air strike on the Russian positions from the area of Temirovka, was destroyed by the crew of the ‘BUK’ air defense system in the Zaporizhzhya area. The pilots died.

[@ivanyudintsev684]

This story is about Nazis. This channel suggests you to praise the Nazis. Do you want to follow?

[@bombarded15]

00:38 black sun earrings...

[@joveylndicdican1763]

The evil that Russia has inflicted on Ukraine a sovereign country must never be forgotten or forgiven. Slava Ukraine Glory to the Heroes.

[@cikicar]

hey retard what about Serbia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Lybia.... you peace of sh.t

[@odar9729]

Sad but war is ugly and neither side should fight bc both are wrong. Wrong I said both sides are wrong.

[@1midnightfish]

You are wrong

[@Hitfirstandhithard]

27.03.2023. VOIN_DV video: Российские операторы барражирующего боеприпаса «Ланцет-3» уничтожили 155-мм САУ AHS "Krab" польского производства на Запорожском направлении. На видео хорошо видно, как САУ ведёт огонь, в ней находится весь экипаж. В это время прилетает «Ланцет» и бьёт САУ прямо в башню. Взрыв выходит таким мощным, что экипаж вряд ли выжил.

[@sigmaputin6888]

Title should be Fighting to free Nasis

[@MaryamofShomal]

Go play in traffic, orc.

[@bobrail733]

PUTIN ! HITLER AND STALIN rolled into one ☝☝

[@GEOsustainable]

Ukraine has finally taught those cowardly russians a lesson they will never forget. russia is now 'irrelevant' in the world. How cute to see putin as Xi's lap dog. LOL.

[@brentjamescollins9731]

You are a well known pro russian false propogandist with your comments here and elsewhere that do not stand up to any objective scrutiny whatsoever! Brent Collins.

[@GEOsustainable]

Xi's looked so bored with all of putin's begging. I guess russia is not going to get any help from China. Why would Xi help? America is the most powerful market in the world and China knows this.

[@ririgala1741]

We have to find valeria!!!!

[@jimmyc974]

Pity she didn't show the same fight to free the Azov civillians held as a shield at the time!

[@steveprocter6241]

Is a special visa required to visit the planet you live on?

[@virginiaoflaherty2983]

@@steveprocter6241 That kind really makes you wonder, Aliens? I would say inhuman.

[@bibi.isanazi]

😢

[@loubliss7471]

😭😭