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Ukrainian POW returns from 7-year Russian imprisonment with his cat
Stanislav Panchenko, 25, returned to Ukraine with 84 other released prisoners. Unlike the others, Panchenko brought home his cat Myshko, whom he had rescued and raised during 4 years in Russian captivity.
What three years of Russian captivity did to Ukrainian soldier
Mariupol defender Oleksandr was captured in 2022 and returned home in a recent prisoner exchange.
Relatives of Ukrainian POWs: Russia returns bodies without internal organs during exchanges
Relatives say that the return to Ukraine of the bodies of Ukrainian prisoners without internal organs may be evidence that they are used in Russia for transplantation.
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.