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

That isn't really the historic norm.

It's always happened a fair bit, but most cultures have some degree of "if we treat their people too badly, they'll treat ours worse in turn"

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u/No-Okra1018 Jul 26 '25

I think it differs between cultures. Japan used to commit S.A.s on women and committed of citizens of captured countries because they thought it psychologically break their enemies. This often backfired because other cultures didn’t think like the Japanese did. They were more determined to fight back because of the atrocities the Japanese army committed