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365 verified cases, 10-20 unreported for each: UN estimates scale of sexual assault in Russian occupied territories
Some 19 Russian soldiers have been convicted in absentia for sexual violence since 2022, while Ukraine's Office of the Prosecutor General has verified 365 cases involving survivors aged four to 80
Ukrainian prosecutors detail beating injuries that killed mayor who refused to collaborate with Russian occupiers
Yevhen Matvieiev was abducted at a checkpoint in March 2022 and spent two years and 8 months in Russian captivity.
BBC: Ukrainian civilian freed after years in Russian captivity — his story is one of beatings, starvation, and survival
Journalist Dmytro Khyliuk spent three and a half years in captivity without charges before finally returning home in a rare swap.
Russians captured him, cut his throat, and left Ukrainian POW to die. He survived and wants revenge for tortured comrades
National Guard soldier Vladyslav was dragged into a basement near Pokrovsk and watched how the Russians tortured seven Ukrainian defenders before they slashed his own throat and dumped him in a pit with their bodies, thinking he was dead. He was not.
United24: Ukrainian soldier tells how Russian surgeon burnt Glory to Russia on his body while in captivity
The inscription was made by the same Russian surgeon who had operated on his serious combat injuries, while the soldier lay unconscious.
Ukraine opens first rehab center for torture survivors after Russian captivity
The facility features both traditional therapy spaces and art workshops to help individuals recover from beatings, electric shocks, sexual violence and psychological torture as 90% of Ukrainian POWs experience some sort of abuse.
Doctors began removing “Glory to Russia” words carved on Ukrainian POW body
The propaganda inscription was discovered when the wounded serviceman regained consciousness after surgery in Russian custody.
205 Ukrainian soldiers return home after years in Russian captivity
Among the released are defenders of the besieged and occupied in 2022 city of Mariupol.
Ukraine returns 25 severely ill, wounded prisoners of war amid Russian disregard of medical care
Ukrainian soldiers who defended key positions in Mariupol, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Donetsk were exchanged due to serious combat injuries and deteriorating health conditions, including tuberculosis, cancer, and gangrene.
Ukrainian drone pilots kill Russian major general known for torture of his own
Russian Major General Pavel Klimenko, known for tormenting and extorting soldiers under his command, has been reportedly killed on the Ukrainian battlefield, according to OSINT investigators.
95 Ukrainian defenders return from Russian captivity, including Azov fighters and POWs facing life sentences
Among those released was Maksym Butkevych, a Ukrainian human rights activist and serviceman, who was captured near Luhansk in 2022 and sentenced to 13 years in Russia. The exchange also saw the return of Vladyslav Andrianov, an Azov fighter who survived the Olenivka prison massacre and faced a 25-year sentence in Russia.
“I broke everyone and will do the same to you”: Russian authorities torture Ukrainians with a sense of impunity
A UN commission has found that Russian forces are systematically using sexual violence as a form of torture against Ukrainian prisoners. The report highlights a disturbing pattern of abuse, with male detainees particularly targeted in custody, while women in Russian-controlled villages face heightened risk of rape.
Scars of war: Ukrainian servicewoman survives Russian captivity, returns to fight
Four months in a cramped Russian cell couldn't break Yulia's spirit. Now, the Ukrainian soldier prepares to rejoin the fight, leaving behind a daughter who fears losing her mother again.
Starvation, beatings, nails ripped out: Russia systematically tortures Ukrainian POWs till death
Death certificates of Ukrainian defenders whose bodies were returned from Russian captivity usually state tuberculosis or heart attack as a cause of death; however, their bodies show visible signs of torture and starvation, and witness accounts of cellmates who survived Russian captivity prove inhumane treatment and humiliation.