Captured

Stories

“You’ll die here. But you have a choice”: a freed Azov fighter recounts how they tried to recruit him to fight against Ukraine.

“We uncovered about 800 bodies,” — a serviceman recounted how the Russians forced prisoners to exhume civilian bodies in Mariupol

‘They laughed and rejoiced that they had captured a Pole’ : Russians captured a European civilian and tortured him to death

Who branded “Glory to Russia” on a Ukrainian prisoner’s stomach? (investigation)

"He died because he was bleeding out”: Russians tortured a 59-year-old serviceman in captivity and tried to hide the cause of death

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'

The horrors of Russian captivity: the story of Snake Island defender Vladyslav Zadorin

‘If You Don’t Tell Me Everything, I’ll Rape Your Sister-in-Arms’: Marine on Brutal Torture of Women in Russian Prisons

Women Released from Captivity Speak Frankly About the Violence They Endured: Four Stories

Sviatoslav “Kalyna” Palamar on the Pokrovsk direction, the siege and exit from Azovstal, Olenivka, Lefortovo, and his time in Turkey

Vika’s Last Assignment: What Happened to Ukrainian Journalist in Russian Captivity?

Russian Captivity, Combat Missions, and the Death of His Wife: The Story of Former POW ‘Khamzat’

“Forced them to perform oral sex”: Russian perpetrators who abused prisoners have been identified

Stanislav Aseiev: The fear of being captured again is greater for me than being killed in war

“People Were Beaten with Tasers”: Who Is Torturing Azov Fighters in Captivity

“I’m walking, blood flooding my boots”: how an Azov fighter survived captivity three times

30 Months in Russian Captivity: War, Torture, a Blog, and a Book About Prisoner Life. The Story of a Former POW

“You’ve got partisans on your hands.” How a Crimean resident challenged Russia

‘Doctor Evil.’ The doctor who tortured Ukrainian prisoners of war in one of the most secretive colonies in Mordovia (investigation)

“They came again and beat my leg”: a 23-year-old azov fighter on more than three years in russian captivity

“His back is covered with scars, they beat him to death,” — a border guard captured by a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group.

Forced confessions, sentenced to life in Russia, and released from captivity: the story of an Azov fighter

“They burned out tattoos with the names of children”: a naval serviceman on 39 months in Russian captivity

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.”

Neighbors reported them. 280 days of family captivity: abuse and blackmail

‘No Prisoners Taken’: Russians Ordered to Execute Ukrainian Prisoners of War

Survived captivity and spoke out: what Russian forces do to prisoners of war.

After captivity — without arms and legs. A Ukrainian soldier learns to live and dreams of driving again

“He took the horrors of Bucha very hard.” The story of Crimean resident Bohdan Ziza, sentenced by Russia for “terrorism.”

He escaped captivity twice, but failed the third time. The story of a Mariupol defender who finally returned home

"There were 20% of prison guards loyal to us in captivity": An interview with a soldier of the Third Assault Brigade, Maksym Levchenko

“I Cannot Do Otherwise”: the Life of a Ukrainian Soldier Before His Execution in Captivity

The first exchange of women: what happened to Ukrainian servicewomen in Russian captivity.

A Marine from Zmiinyi: captivity, interrogations about the “Russian warship,” and Bandera

Azov fighter ‘Vyshnia’ returned from captivity speaks about interrogations and threats over the Ukrainian language

An Azov Regiment fighter on suicides within the walls of Azovstal and death penalty threats in captivity by the occupiers

‘They made me stand in front of a pit with corpses.’ The story of a Kherson resident’s week in Russian captivity

Tork from the Azov Regiment on captivity: ‘They went berserk over the map of Ukraine on my chest

“I heard them carrying out bodies”: an ATO veteran from Kherson recounts how he survived captivity by Russian occupiers