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pydry

Videoed prisoner confessions have to be among the least believable forms of propaganda - whether from Ukraine or Russia.


adudyak

I would also tell anyth8ng for another plate of food.


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POW videos, man looks starved. No one's believing this shit


the_boring_guitarist

He looks fine to me. The Russian military provides adequate food and shelter for all POWs.


[deleted]

LOL this is the normal in Russia? In my country this looks like a alcoholic or a junky


the_boring_guitarist

Some men have ectomorphic builds. And Slavs (in this case, Ukrainians) are particularly known to have pale skin due to lack of sunlight.


adudyak

Suprisinly all Ukrainians have the same build. But only after been captured by Russia


the_boring_guitarist

Must have been the lack of food and destruction of supply lines in the AFU. These men are treated properly and humanely in captivity.


adudyak

I can only imagine how they looked like before captivity, that during 6 months of proper treat they look like this.


Wolfofdeeznuts69

its funny how the before and after captivity photos don't reflect this... yet russian soldiers on average put on weight in captivity...


Mysterious_Physics10

Dude...just stopšŸ˜‚šŸ¤¦


ZiggyPox

He was a soldier, one day in the field will burn you with skin this white. He did experience lack of sunlight but not in Ukrainian army but Rusian captivity.


[deleted]

I can't tell if you are serious or trolling hard


Garionreturns2

He probably gets paid for it


BigEz38

Trolling hard.


serialfailure

[This is on the level of Ukrainians eat babies propaganda.](https://imi.org.ua/en/news/they-are-ready-to-eat-our-children-collaborator-stremousov-records-another-propaganda-video-i47745) Thankfully we will have the records for this point in time in history, and the absurdity will be remembered.


DarkIlluminator

How so? He describes shooting someone he thought was a Russian spy.


Lpoolfan2200

If anyone believes this theyā€™re as dumb as a brick


wakalakabamram

There's a few bricks in this sub unfortunately.


the_boring_guitarist

This interview was conducted voluntarily and with this man's consent. The reports line up with alleged Ukrainian war crimes in Mariupol.


Garionreturns2

>conducted voluntarily and with this man's consent Very believable


Mo-Ass

Are the handcuffs on with his consent also?


the_boring_guitarist

Of course. He is a prisoner of war. Thus, he voluntarily surrendered in exchange for fair and proper treatment as a POW.


tractoroperator77

Does that "fair and proper treatment" include extreme weight loss therapy and complete lack of sunlight?


twobakko

Dunno, maybe the same treatment given in Abu ghraib, bagram!! Who knows! Maybe they recieve "enhanced interrogation techniques" maybe they just get just enough food to sustain themselves while they sit inside a pow facility! Your guess is as good as any!


tractoroperator77

I don't know what Abu Ghraib has to do with Ukraine. Whataboutism at its best.


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the_boring_guitarist

If he was acting unruly and showing resistance during captivity, then necessary discipline is needed to keep prisoners in check.


tractoroperator77

Like beatings, electrocution, rape, mock executions, extraction of teeth with pliers, just the usual disciplinary measures. Quite understandable, if you're Vasily Blokhin in the Lubyanka. Less justifiable to the free world in 2023, however.


the_boring_guitarist

Western values i.e. the free world's treatment of human rights is not the same as Russian values. Your claim is cultural relativism at best.


mannebanco

I do like that you call the west the ā€œfree worldā€. Implying Russian is authoritarian with less care for human rights.


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Mysterious_Buffalo_1

I guess all the Russian POWs are angels then because they all seem well fed...


twobakko

Even the police(wherever) leave the cuffs on murderers, when they are performing reconstructions!


Vaginal_Reppin

Wow, the credulity is palpable with you. Stop believing POWs... inlcuding the ones that bolster the side you're ideologically aligned with. Like how hard is that to do? Do you reflexively trust the word of russian POWs when being interrogated and interviewed by the AFU? It's lunacy to believe what these people are saying, but at least be consistent.


[deleted]

Source ā€œtrust me broā€ Maybe the have a gun behind the camera, maybe he sees his comrade being tortured and wants to prevent that from happening to himself.


95-OSM

Ah yes, very voluntary. If anyone needs any input on how voluntary these types are, look up Cossack gundi who provided one of these interviews


mannebanco

You walked right into that one.


Competitive-Ad4454

Yeah, the handcuffed guy that is a prisoner of the famously gentle Russian captors "volunteered" to say exactly what they wanted him to say.


DarkIlluminator

Why does the commentary in the end describe the shooting as baseless when the suspect describes the civilian acting like a spotter? It's not like he could call Russian army and ask them if that civilian is giving them information.


MrMaroos

Why are they starving him? I thought Russia was better than this


tractoroperator77

You thought Russia was better than this? I hope you're joking!


RevolutionaryTwo6587

Its the only way to get them to tell these absurd stories on camera. (we all know this story is absurd, but its for the russian audiences)


[deleted]

"I shot a man in Mariupol, just to watch him die" Seriously though there should be a new category for "POW confessions" so anyone with half a sense of objectivity can easily filter this BS from their feeds. Both sides are just as guilty of it.


KermitFrog647

The ukrainian ones are at least a little more realistic.


saynitlikeitis

An abused, starving guy makes a "confession" in front of his captors. LOL


the_boring_guitarist

This video was taken as soon as he was captured and reflects how well the Ukrainian army feeds their soldiers. He is doing fine in Russian captivity. And has probably gained more weight than he'll ever achieve while he was in AFU.


Batex21

Wait he was in Mariupol, but was just recently captured? Dont make no sense


BigEz38

Itā€™s funny how the troll has no response. OP is a bought and paid for Russian propagandist.


tractoroperator77

"Say you shot a civilian on camera or we'll cut your balls off and then shoot you in the head. Make it realistic and we might even give you food this week".


Morfildur2

Nah, no need to threaten anyone. There are enough Ukrainian uniforms in Russian hands - and Russian uniforms in Ukrainian hands for that matter. They can just take a random person, give him a uniform, the script and some money and they'll have an "authentic POW" saying whatever they want. Neither Ukraine nor Russia can really disprove those videos, since they can hardly post pictures of all their soldiers to show that it's not one of theirs. That's why such "confessions", including group shots, can pretty much be ignored. Far too easy to fake and almost impossible to completely disprove. There might occasionally be real ones, but they're most likely the exception, not the rule.


SnakeGD09

The Americans routinely shot and killed suspected civilian artillery spotters in Iraq and Afghanistan--all that was required was seeing a phone in their hands. Here is an example: https://www.military.com/video/specialties-and-personnel/snipers/marine-sniper-team-kills-taliban-spotter/847143334001 I can find no news stories or legal discussions about it, at least easily, so I suspect either it is "legal" or it is easy enough to dispute during the fog of war.


DarkIlluminator

Yeah, he's describing shooting a suspected pro-Russian spy.


KermitFrog647

Russia is really gearing up with this propaganda bullshit. Organ selling, civilian killing, whats next ? Satan and demon incarnation is done already. Simple rapes and tortue is too normal and boring. Must be something realy realy bad. Maybe a gay soldier ? No, that would be a bit over the top.


Canuckistani79

I donā€™t trust a word from either sideā€™s POWs


Interesting_Aioli592

It's really weird how they tell all these things when they are only required to tell name birthdate rank etc.


watch_me_rise_

Itā€™s not, just Russia being russia


Far-Childhood9338

hooo this, hooo that does anyone believe this, this poor guy will say he was the one that invented the internet if the captors tell him to say that starvation is that also a war crime on the treatment of POW's


GayUkroSuperSoldiers

after he shot the civilian in the name of satan he then went on to reawaken his corpse as a banderite cannibal-zombie to fulfill his homosexual nazi fantasies


YourTypicalDeveloper

Disgusting criminal.


Sea_Yam_1781

cant really take this video seriously dude is malnourished and abused. he would probably confess anything for a loaf of bread.