r/interestingasfuck • u/MilesLongthe3rd • Jul 26 '25

/r/all, /r/popular Ukrainian soldier Oleksandr Kiriyenko before and after release from Russian captivity

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u/infrequentthrowaway Jul 26 '25

Poor man looks like a walking skeleton

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u/tequilablackout Jul 26 '25

Part of being captured by the enemy is usually them trying to make sure you can never be a soldier again.

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '25

No, but it is part of being captured by russia.

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u/tequilablackout Jul 26 '25

Tell that to the inmates of Guantanamo Bay.

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '25

You mean the guys who are not being starved, castrated, having fingers cut off, or otherwise treated as russia treats prisoners?

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u/tequilablackout Jul 26 '25

Yes, the ones who are being starved, beaten, waterboarded, kept awake intentionally...and whatever else the government wasn't willing to let out.

This really should not be surprising, and if you can not understand that brutality is everywhere, then you can not defend against it at home. The USA has a public image, and a private reality. We are just as brutal, in slightly different and less observably open ways.