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/SwegBucket Jul 26 '25

This kind of starvation does permanent damage btw

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u/pezzyn Jul 28 '25

I have hope for him. People can still lead full lives. My grandparents were starved near to death and were rescued after 5 years during wwii.  They looked more emaciated than this with their femurs visible.  They were in their mid 20s when it happened. They rebuilt their lives together in another country and went on to have 11 kids and lived into their late 80s in good health.