Putin Admits to Troop Desertions

"Putin insisted that troop desertions were not a large-scale problem and that they were
occurring “less and less now.”Breitbart

“WE GOT OUR SPY BACK”; Ex-Kremlin Aide Celebrates Big Victory For Russia After Biden Gets Played By Putin

"Former Putin aide Sergei Markov wrote a blistering series of Telegram messages on Thursday celebrating how Putin “outplayed” Biden in the prisoner swap that brought Brittney Griner back to the US in exchange for Viktor Bout, who government officials have called “one of the most dangerous men on the face of the earth."

“Putin outplayed Biden,” Markov wrote on Telegram. “We got back our spy, it seems, and gave away a normal girl,” he continued." TP

Trump Goes Scorched Earth After Biden Trades Brittney Griner for “Merchant of Death”

"Former President Trump unleashed on Joe Biden after he traded WNBA player Brittney
Griner for Russian arms dealer, the “Merchant of Death.”

“What kind of a deal is it to swap Brittney Griner, a basketball player who openly hates our Country, for the man known as “The Merchant of Death,” who is one of the biggest arms dealers anywhere in the World, and responsible for tens of thousands of deaths and horrific injuries,” Trump wrote. “Why wasn’t former Marine Paul Whelan included in this totally one-sided transaction? He would have been let out for the asking. What a “stupid” and unpatriotic embarrassment for the USA!!" PJmedia

 

‘Devastated’ Family of Marine That Biden Left Behind in Russia Speaks Out After Trade for Brittney Griner

"Paul Whelan, the U.S. Marine that has been held in Russia for over four years on suspicion of  being a “spy,” reacted on Thursday to the news that the Biden administration had secured the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner.

Griner was swapped for arms dealer Viktor Bout, nicknamed “The Merchant of Death.” Bout was serving a 25-year federal prison sentence for conspiring to kill U.S. citizens, providing support to a terrorist organization, and delivering anti-aircraft missiles. Griner was arrested in Russia in February, a week before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, for illegal possession of cannabis oil.

Whelan gave a statement about the Biden prisoner swap to CNN.

“I am greatly disappointed that more has not been done to secure my release, especially as the four year anniversary of my arrest is coming up. I was arrested for a crime that never occurred,” Paul Whelan told CNN’s Jennifer Hansler. “I don’t understand why I’m still sitting here.” PJMedia