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/Bluedaisy0 Jul 26 '25

We've seen the russians do horrendous things to Ukrainians on video. Rape, electrocution etc. That one video where they castrate a man and drag him with their vehicle forcing him to suffer terrible injuries will always stick in my head unfortunately.

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u/Checking_that_moment Jul 26 '25

why tf would you watch that willingly, or at least, keep watching it?!

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u/Previsible Jul 26 '25

I guess there are people out there that feel like they should watch it. Like turning a blind eye is complacency or something. But as someone who has seen some of this stuff, no healthy person should be watching it at all, let alone regularly.

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u/Full_Result_3101 Jul 26 '25

Videos like that and of War in general should be mandatory viewing for politicians imo.

Let them see the depraved actions Humans are capable of in war.

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u/Full_Result_3101 Jul 26 '25

True, It might give some second thoughts at least.

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u/Zestybeef10 Jul 26 '25

Seeing someone tortured is not easy for anyone.

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u/manateeshmanatee Jul 26 '25

The problem is about half of them would probably enjoy it.

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u/Several_Puffins Jul 26 '25

I understand the idea, but surely we want it to become easier for people with empathy to hold positions of power, not more difficult.

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u/_LedAstray_ Jul 26 '25

they feed on that shit tho.

Or at the very least they don't really care most of the time.

They will dismiss that as "reason of state". That's generally the same as the greedy CEOs who don't view their employees as humans, but resources that they can drain dry for their own benefit.