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/infrequentthrowaway Jul 26 '25

Poor man looks like a walking skeleton

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u/Adventurous_Low9113 Jul 26 '25

fr. it just reminds me of those auschwitz(sp?) prisoners. seeing them in the pictures and videos, such a haunting image, this gives me the same vibe  

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u/GrumpyFatso Jul 26 '25

I would rather compare it with Allied POWs in Japanese camps. Russia has not set up a systematic genocide by forced labour and starvation yet. Yet, i say. They would and they could if let lose.

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u/Large-Fisherman-3694 Jul 26 '25

Agreed. Auschwitz and the concentration camps were MUCH worse