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SD99FRC t1_j29xvtm wrote

Imagine being so bad at kidnapping, only 7 of the 30 people you kidnap actually go missing?

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jobbybob t1_j2ahy04 wrote

It’s a great sign your winning the locals over by having to kidnap 30 mayors….

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QualityIllustrious46 t1_j2aodtt wrote

Damn that’s one scary looking dude. I feel like a mortar shell would bounce off his forehead

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spandexgod t1_j2azs7p wrote

Didn’t the separatists do this on naboo in phantom menace?

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jddad t1_j2b1tqg wrote

I am always surprised that he is now more known as mayor than as a boxer. He and his brother were great boxers.

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what-the-puck t1_j2b76n3 wrote

Replying to Better_illini_2008 (#1,190,171)

23 flipped, possibly. Perhaps decided their lives were worth more than their morals and ethics. Can't blame them.

They probably told the Russians everything they knew. Or, played along with the invading army's demands anyway.

The ones who disappeared may have held out too long, or perhaps the invading army thought they had more to offer than they actually did.

The mayors who didn't get kidnapped at all are the ones who just immediately switched sides and started parroting Russian propaganda. Of course many of them are now dead, targeted specifically by Ukraine, and personally I'd agree valid military targets.

Ukranian mayor Olga Sukhenko was executed alongside her family. Yuriy Prylypko was killed too. Russian puppets Ivan Sushko, Vitaly Gur, Vladimir Saldo, and many others were assassinated for their perceived treason.

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Ma3rabi t1_j2b8slp wrote

Replying to eateroftables (#1,197,005)

It's so weird. I remember watching his fights when I was younger. I looked up to him as a boxer that never up.

He is still the same as Mayor. One cold and hard mother fucker that just keeps going. No matter how hard he has it.

Ukrainians are a different breed

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CanadianRaconteur t1_j2bf25c wrote

Replying to Ma3rabi (#1,202,001)

Some of the nastiest wars being fought in the same land for centuries will carve some fuckers out of stone. Poland/Ukraine - Galacia, there are some brute force genes found there, but it’s brains to keep one alive, so smart and tough.

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Nipple-biscuits t1_j2bfqx3 wrote

Dr Ironfist is not someone I would ever mess with....He was my favorite heavyweight in his day and then retired for a while and came back and was just as scary....im positive he still has that dog in him

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TeamMountainLion t1_j2bkz4o wrote

-Kyiv Mayor [and former boxing heavyweight champion]

Fun fact: the song “Sonne” by Rammstein was to be used as his entrance music at one point.

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JournalistMiddle527 t1_j2bms28 wrote

Replying to what-the-puck (#1,201,592)

Not sure why you have Olga Sukhenko alongside the others, wasn't she and her family killed by Russians because she helped the Ukrainian military?

Including both Olga Sukhenko and Yuriy Prylypko alongside the rest of the traitor makes it seem like they were killed by the Ukrainians when in fact they were killed by Russians because Yuriy was helping the local people.

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toyz4me t1_j2bo8c2 wrote

Guess it will be hard to get this guy to fall out of the window.

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sabre_rider t1_j2buupa wrote

I guess trying to kidnap the Klitchkos, former world heavyweight boxing champions, was never considered.

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Vladius28 t1_j2c692v wrote

30 getting brain washed, tortured and blackmailed then sent back to make sure "referendums" go as planned

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---cheetos--- t1_j2calsx wrote

Replying to sminor83 (#1,208,624)

He almost beat Lennox Lewis. Not just a lucky shot like McCall or catching him slacking like Rahman. But by going toe to toe with him and outboxing him in some respects. Lennox, in my opinion, is the best heavyweight ever. Nobody has looked as good as Vitaliy did against him.

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CanadianRaconteur t1_j2cytq6 wrote

Replying to HelloJoeyJoeJoe (#1,218,384)

:) love to hear it!

Tracing my family tree had me learn it as some great great grandparents had it written on tombstones as their birth place. It’s crazy how borders change and empires have come and gone and there’s really just too much human history to learn in school.

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amitym t1_j2d3i3m wrote

>"The situation was tough: if you stay with your people, then you are a traitor…We asked the government for instructions several times, whether we should stay or evacuate, but we never got a clear response."

Hmm, sounds like Zelensky's tyrannical fascist political dominion isn't all that some people claim. Open criticism of government policy.. public debate.. free expression.. Must be some kind of Nazi trick for sure.

<_<

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Misaka10782 t1_j2d63rj wrote

Kidnap Klitschko? He looks like he can kill a rhinoceros with his bare hands.

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B-dayBoy t1_j2f8qtj wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#1,218,637)

u/whiteraven42 its sad that you just delete all your comments instead of admitting you were being silly and allowing others to gain from the conversation. There's nothing wrong with being wrong. Were all humans here just trying to improve.

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