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Ukrainian Navy “Angels” extract Russian-tortured civilian helper from occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast

The man hid wounded Ukrainian troops and passed intelligence in occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast before being detained, tortured, and sentenced to five years and three months.

byYuri Zoria

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Russian Aggression

Russia captures, tortures Polish man to death after he tries to enter occupied Ukraine to see the war himself

Krzysztof Galos disappeared in 2023. His death is confirmed only by inmates.

byYuri Zoria

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Russian occupiers told Ukrainian teen: accept passport or die in childbirth

Ukrainian leaders tell of torture, occupation, brainwashing in US Senate

byAlya Shandra

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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

byMaria Tril

Yevhen Matvieiev, mayor of Dniprorudne in occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast

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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.

byVira Kravchuk

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Russian Aggression

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.

byYuri Zoria

Ukrainian soldier Vladyslav sits in his wheelchair at the hospital, communicating through written notes after Russian forces cut his throat during torture and left him in a pit with corpses of other killed Ukrainian fighters, thinking he was dead. The 33-year-old National Guard soldier survived and crawled for five days to safety.

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Russian War Crimes

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.

byVira Kravchuk

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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.

byVira Kravchuk

The Saint Leo the Great Mental Health Center opens in western city of Lviv to help rehabilitate former prisoners of war (POWs) who returned from Russian captivity.

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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.

byVira Kravchuk

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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.

byVira Kravchuk

On 6 May, Ukraine returned 205 prisoners of war (POWs) home.

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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.

byVira Kravchuk

25 Severely ill and wounded Ukrainian POWs return home from Russian captivity on 15 January.

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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.

byVira Kravchuk

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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.

byBrendan Kelley

95 Ukrainian POWs return from Russian captivity, 19 October.

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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.

byVira Kravchuk

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“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.

byVira Kravchuk

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First-hand accounts

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.

byVira Kravchuk

Before and after Russian captivity, Oleksandr Hrytsiuk.

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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.

byVira Kravchuk

Russian torture

Ukrainian Navy “Angels” extract Russian-tortured civilian helper from occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Russia captures, tortures Polish man to death after he tries to enter occupied Ukraine to see the war himself

Russian occupiers told Ukrainian teen: accept passport or die in childbirth

365 verified cases, 10-20 unreported for each: UN estimates scale of sexual assault in Russian occupied territories

Ukrainian prosecutors detail beating injuries that killed mayor who refused to collaborate with Russian occupiers

BBC: Ukrainian civilian freed after years in Russian captivity — his story is one of beatings, starvation, and survival

Russians captured him, cut his throat, and left Ukrainian POW to die. He survived and wants revenge for tortured comrades

United24: Ukrainian soldier tells how Russian surgeon burnt Glory to Russia on his body while in captivity

Ukraine opens first rehab center for torture survivors after Russian captivity

Doctors began removing “Glory to Russia” words carved on Ukrainian POW body

205 Ukrainian soldiers return home after years in Russian captivity

Ukraine returns 25 severely ill, wounded prisoners of war amid Russian disregard of medical care

Ukrainian drone pilots kill Russian major general known for torture of his own

95 Ukrainian defenders return from Russian captivity, including Azov fighters and POWs facing life sentences

“I broke everyone and will do the same to you”: Russian authorities torture Ukrainians with a sense of impunity

Scars of war: Ukrainian servicewoman survives Russian captivity, returns to fight

Starvation, beatings, nails ripped out: Russia systematically tortures Ukrainian POWs till death

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