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The horrors of Russian captivity: the story of Snake Island defender Vladyslav Zadorin
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2025
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POW
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RFE/RL
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interview
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Zmiinyi
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Vladyslav Zadorin
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Vika’s Last Assignment: What Happened to Ukrainian Journalist in Russian Captivity?
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2025
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journalists and cultural figures
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killed in Russian captivity
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Slidstvo Info
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investigation
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Viktoriia Roshchyna
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video
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Women Released from Captivity Speak Frankly About the Violence They Endured: Four Stories
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2025
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detained women
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RFE/RL
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CRSV
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interview
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video
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Oksana Herasymenko
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“Mom, thank you for saving Dad”: the story of a marine’s family who now believe in a New Year’s miracle
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2025
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POW
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Ukrainska Pravda
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interview
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Maksym Skutelnyk
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Released from captivity, Maksym Butkevych: “I saw what the ‘Russian world’ is like from the inside… It’s a real Mordor in terms of values and freedom.”
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2025
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POW
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Varosh
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interview
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Maksym Butkevych
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video
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Freedom of speech in the occupied territories: repression and new mechanisms of pressure in 2025
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2025
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civilian detainees
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detained women
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crimean prisoners
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journalists and cultural figures
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ZMINA
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“People Were Beaten with Tasers”: Who Is Torturing Azov Fighters in Captivity
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2025
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POW
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killed in Russian captivity
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Slidstvo Info
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investigation
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video
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Russian Captivity, Combat Missions, and the Death of His Wife: The Story of Former POW ‘Khamzat’
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2025
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POW
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RFE/RL
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interview
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video
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medical personnel
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Yevhenii Kravchuk
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“Kh*khly, we’re already tired of beating you.” Azov fighter ‘Yuzhnyi’ on two years of torture in Taganrog, prisoners’ humor, and his own survival system.
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2025
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POW
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Ukrainska Pravda
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interview
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Azov
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Mykhailo Chaplia
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ATO, “Azov,” 11.5 months in captivity, and a return to service: the story of combat medic from Uzhhorod, Halyna Zaitseva
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2025
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POW
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detained women
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Varosh
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interview
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Azov
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medical personnel
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Halyna Zaitseva
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Sviatoslav “Kalyna” Palamar on the Pokrovsk direction, the siege and exit from Azovstal, Olenivka, Lefortovo, and his time in Turkey
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2025
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POW
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killed in Russian captivity
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Ukrainska Pravda
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interview
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Azov
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Olenivka
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Sviatoslav Palamar
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video
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“I’m walking, blood flooding my boots”: how an Azov fighter survived captivity three times
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2025
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POW
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killed in Russian captivity
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Slidstvo Info
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interview
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investigation
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Azov
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Olenivka
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Oleksandr Verenthatov
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video
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30 Months in Russian Captivity: War, Torture, a Blog, and a Book About Prisoner Life. The Story of a Former POW
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2025
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POW
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RFE/RL
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interview
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Volodymyr Sorochan
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video
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“Relatives said: people like you should be wiped out.” The story of a woman who survived torture chambers and escaped twice from occupied Mariupol
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2025
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civilian detainees
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detained women
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Ukrainska Pravda
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interview
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Released from captivity, Uzhhorod resident Robert Baloh: “In the cell, I set myself one goal — to preserve myself as much as possible.”
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2025
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POW
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Varosh
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interview
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Robert Baloh
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Crimean resident Bohdan Ziza: “Write to political prisoners — it’s absolutely vital!”
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2025
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civilian detainees
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journalists and cultural figures
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crimean prisoners
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RFE/RL
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Bohdan Ziza
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Izium, a hand with bracelets, Serhii Sova. The story of one photo and the life of a Hero of Ukraine executed by the Russians
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2025
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POW
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killed in Russian captivity
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Ukrainska Pravda
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interview
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Serhii Sova
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“They came again and beat my leg”: a 23-year-old azov fighter on more than three years in russian captivity
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2025
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POW
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Slidstvo Info
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interview
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Danylo Murashkin
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video
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“I dream of living to see my grandson’s exchange.” The story of an Azov fighter’s family who have been waiting for him to return from captivity for three years
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2025
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POW
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Ukrainska Pravda
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interview
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Azov
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“You’ve got partisans on your hands.” How a Crimean resident challenged Russia
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2025
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civilian detainees
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crimean prisoners
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journalists and cultural figures
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RFE/RL
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Bohdan Ziza
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video
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"The guys were burning, screaming, someone was torn in half." the Olenivka terror attack and life after it in the memories of azov fighters
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2025
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POW
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killed in Russian captivity
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Ukrainska Pravda
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interview
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Azov
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Olenivka
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Ostap Shved
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Mykyta Shastun
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Stanislav Aseiev: The fear of being captured again is greater for me than being killed in war
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2025
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journalists and cultural figures
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Ukrainska Pravda
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interview
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Stanislav Aseiev
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video
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“His back is covered with scars, they beat him to death,” — a border guard captured by a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group.
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2025
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POW
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Slidstvo Info
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interview
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video
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Yevhenii Sholudko
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“Stripping, rape, and ‘entertainment’ in the sauna: a conversation with a human rights defender about sexual violence and the path to punishing Russians
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2025
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detained women
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Ukrainska Pravda
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CRSV
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interview
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Liudmyla Huseinova
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Nataliia Vlasova
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Svitlana Holovan
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Forced confessions, sentenced to life in Russia, and released from captivity: the story of an Azov fighter
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2025
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POW
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RFE/RL
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interview
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video
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Azov
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Olenivka
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Ping
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Between Torture and Prayer: The Three-Year Captivity of Azovstal’s Only Chaplain
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2025
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POW
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Ukrainska Pravda
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interview
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Azov
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chaplains
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Vasyl Fedorienko
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‘Doctor Evil.’ The doctor who tortured Ukrainian prisoners of war in one of the most secretive colonies in Mordovia (investigation)
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2025
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POW
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killed in Russian captivity
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RFE/RL
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investigation
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Volodymyr Yukhymenko
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Valentyn Polianskyi
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Andrii Pronin
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Yulian Pylypei
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Nikita Pikulyk
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Oleksandr Kiriienko
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Pavlo Afisov
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Oleksandr Savov
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video
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“They burned out tattoos with the names of children”: a naval serviceman on 39 months in Russian captivity
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2025
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POW
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Slidstvo Info
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interview
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video
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Yaroslav Rumyantsev
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He calls torture a ‘spectrum of procedures’ and prison a ‘sanatorium.’ The story of a Kherson man who created the first male network of ‘graduates’ of torture chambers
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2025
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civilian detainees
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Ukrainska Pravda
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CRSV
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interview
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Oleksii Sivak
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Neighbors reported them. 280 days of family captivity: abuse and blackmail
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2025
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civilian detainees
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RFE/RL
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interview
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video
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Olha Chernyak
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“I Was a ‘Dead Ukrainian’ for the Russians: The Life of a 64-Year-Old Doctor, Antique Dealer, and Partisan from Donetsk, Held Captive for Seven Years.”
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2025
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civilian detainees
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Ukrainska Pravda
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interview
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medical personnel
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Ihor Kir’ianenko
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“I died in that torture chamber”: the story of a Kherson resident
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2025
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civilian detainees
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journalists and cultural figures
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Ukrinform
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Ihor Bondarenko
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"He died because he was bleeding out”: Russians tortured a 59-year-old serviceman in captivity and tried to hide the cause of death
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2025
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POW
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killed in Russian captivity
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Slidstvo Info
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interview
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investigation
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Serhii Hryhoriev
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video
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“You cannot give up territory hoping that it will be the end of the war,” said pediatric doctor and Kremlin prisoner Yurii Shapovalov
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2025
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civilian detainees
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Ukrainska Pravda
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interview
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medical personnel
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Yurii Shapovalov
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The story of a teacher rescued from captivity in the occupied territory by the Main Intelligence Directorate: '20 years in prison or the death penalty'
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2025
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civilian detainees
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detained women
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RFE/RL
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interview
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video
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Nataliya Shylo
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‘If You Don’t Tell Me Everything, I’ll Rape Your Sister-in-Arms’: Marine on Brutal Torture of Women in Russian Prisons
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2025
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detained women
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POW
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Slidstvo Info
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interview
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Inha Chekinda
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video
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Archipelago of Torture, or How Russians Abuse Ukrainian Prisoners. Testimonies
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2025
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POW
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detained women
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Ukrainska Pravda
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Valeriia Subotina
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Hennadii Kharchenko
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Anatolii Mikheiev
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Rodzher
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Oleksandr Demchenko
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Oleksandr Demenko
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Artem Dubyna
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Yevhen Herasymenko
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Tarantul
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Oleh Onyshko
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Maksym Butkevych
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medical personnel
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Olenivka
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Azov
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Oleksandr Teteryatnykov
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“Forced them to perform oral sex”: Russian perpetrators who abused prisoners have been identified
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2025
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POW
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Slidstvo Info
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interview
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video
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investigation
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“Captivity is a minor thing — the worst was watching Mariupol die”: the story of Azovstal defender Hennadii Zbandut
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2025
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POW
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Varosh
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interview
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Hennadii Zbandut
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