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

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      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.