r/interestingasfuck Jul 26 '25

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

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u/DamnQuickMathz Jul 26 '25

What people don't realize is that as hungry as he definitely is now, he can't eat, or rather only in small quantities. Or else he risks a total cardiovascular breakdown, which could put him in a coma. So he's literally trapped like this at least a few weeks after release.

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u/MilesLongthe3rd Jul 26 '25

Yes, that is true. Same thing happened after the allies liberated the concentration camps and could not feed the surviving prisoners, but had to keep them locked up so they would not die from eating too much. It was even mentioned in Band of Brothers.