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Russian cannibal soldier ate his own comrade, leaked audio from Ukraine's HUR claims (kyivindependent.com)

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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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[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 28 points 3 days ago (2 children)

How can one know if this is authentic?

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 29 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

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

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days 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.