Captured

Stories

“He Dreams of Writing a Book. I Dream of Hugging Him”: The Story of Kherson Journalist and Volunteer Serhii Tsyhipa, Who Was Sentenced to 13 Years in Russia

“We Stayed So the Russians Wouldn’t Feel Like They Owned This Place”: How Teacher Olha Melnychenko Survived the Occupation of Kherson, Captivity, and Refused to Be Broken

“You Believe in Your Jesus, But Did He Save You?”: How Russians Abused Ukrainian Priest Serhii Chudynovych in Occupied Kherson

A Bag Over Her Head — and Into the Car: How the Russians Kidnapped Kherson Student Ania Yeltsova and Forced Her to Testify Against Herself

Mom, They’re Here for Me: The Story of Kherson Volunteer Iryna Horobtsova, Whom the Occupiers Have Held Hostage for More Than Two Years

Some People Panicked. I Kept Thinking, ‘God, It’s Too Soon.’: The Story of Kherson Resident Ihor Kovtoniuk, Who Survived Torture in Captivity

Historian, You Bastard. Refuse, and I’ll Kill You: How Kherson Resident Oleksii Patalakh Survived a Torture Chamber and Outsmarted the FSB