Not much, I’m afraid . . . not since the Russians finished with him.

Roman Gorilyk is a Ukrainian citizen who was working as a checkpoint guard at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in northern Ukraine when he, among others, was taken prisoner by Russian forces in March of 2022 — the early days of Moscow’s war against Ukraine. After more than two years in captivity, Gorilyk was finally released last week in an exchange of prisoners of war: 75 Ukrainians for 75 Russians.

And this one picture says more than any number of words ever could hope to do. It speaks of the starvation, the beatings, and the other forms of torture used by the Russian military in flagrant and arrogant disregard — not only of the Geneva Conventions — but of every law of human decency known to mankind.

And this by the very people who consider themselves worthy of ruling the world. They are Putin’s people, and they continue to prove themselves less than human.

I have nothing more to say.

Brendochka
6/6/24