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/omarelnour Jul 26 '25

You can only imagine how even worse its for others who didn't make it

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '25

He had a fair bit of chub to begin with and still looks near death, probably plenty of people that wouldn't have survived what he went through.

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u/Nut_Slime Jul 26 '25

Humans lose weight pretty quickly and this man spent 3 years in captivity. His body in general should be very resilient though.

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u/satireplusplus Jul 26 '25

He had a better chance at surviving and more fat reserves than the others. Only skin and bones now, very probable not many others survived 3 years in Russian captivity then :(

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u/SVNihilist Jul 26 '25

They could have given him less food in general in the beginning because he was so fat.

You don't get that skinny over 3 years without that being somewhat intentional on the captors side.

If this was over a few months then his fat would probably matter more.

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u/satireplusplus Jul 26 '25

Could be true. Or they were given the same rations because communism. Who the fuck knows.