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"Nobody ran away. 'Brelok' took him (comrade) out and then ate him for two f*cking weeks," a speaker identified by HUR as a commander of a reconnaissance unit from Russia's 68th Motorized Rifle Division can be heard saying in the intercept.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Strelok's evil twin.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

classic Brelok

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Did he get a medal for streamlining food logistics?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

I wouldn't be that surprised since they are pulling people from the bottom of the barrel.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Human meat can't be that good can it?

kinda interested in this
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Probably russian comrade meat has a bit of cigarette and vodka flavour. I'll have to admit that's not my ideal flavour profile.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 week ago (2 children)

What did they expect when they hired a cannibal soldier?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Why do you think they knew beforehand?

Did he wear a "cannibal and proud" shirt?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

There does seem to be an at least western-media-reportable level of known-prior-cannibalism amongst the current forces: https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/p0gvsjgz [it's audio only, sorry - first reputable source I could find]

Whether they knew for the specific person in the current report or not, no idea

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

Probably get hired directly from a prison where he served his life sentence

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well he's called cannibal soldier for starters

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Ya'know we used to call him "Brelok," but then we found out he just loves cannibalism so we started calling him "Comrade Cannibal."

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

"Hey cannibal soldier! Don't eat your comrades!"

"I promise not to eat any of the alive ones sir!'

"Good enough."

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Okay I am not trusting the KyivIndependant on this one man. Thats a wild claim that screams propaganda

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yup. But might as well be true. C'mon, they take soldiers from prisons, what could go wrong?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Idk man that seems like a really irresponsible way to interpret information. I prefer to stay vigilant regardless of which perspective I favor

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

No need to favor either of the sides. It's 2025 and both are already complicit in atrocities.

How likely was Ukraine losing 50k soldiers, while Russia has over one million? Probably there's no such chance. That's blatant ukrainian propaganda.

How likely a cannibal was recruited in Russia, did eat his comrade, and the rumor was intercepted? Well, it's possible.

Edit: I agree that broadcasting the intercepted messages is indeed a piece of propaganda. But I claim that it might be rooted in the reality

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I never said it was impossible. Only that it is hard to believe based on the source

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago (2 children)

How can one know if this is authentic?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

We-ell, I've seen it in a Russian TG chat. IIRC the conversation implies two soldiers deserted, were in a house in the middle of nowhere, one killed another, ate him for a couple of weeks, then died. Then their, eh, brothers in arms found that place.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It's probably not. This sort of propaganda has been used by militaries throughout history to dehumanize the enemy.