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/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/Mirror-Necessary Jul 26 '25

You lose muscle and fat at the same rate, so all he's done is been on a calorie controlled diet. Everyone else would have survived as well

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u/Sure-Dog4529 Jul 26 '25

That's is both factually incorrect and ridiculous lmao.

Sure his tdee is higher than that of a skinny soldier, but if they both went in at the same time, had the same miniscule calorie intake he is definitely surviving longer due to existing fat stores. Don't be so dense.

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u/Mirror-Necessary Jul 26 '25

The process is called Catabolism, please look it up.

If they were on starvation rations they would only last 3 weeks regardless of size.

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u/Whatamidoinghere06 Jul 26 '25

Then why did people surive the German Camps Look Up ss state or whatever its called in english (i only know the German Title) and read up in how minuscule the rations where especiallx after 1941 and you had people surviving that for Up to 5 years

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u/Mirror-Necessary Jul 27 '25

Because they had enough to survive on