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)

"I Can't Feel Joy the Way I Used To": A Vinnytsia Native on Three Years in Russian Captivity and Life After Returning

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

Captivity, Torture, and the Birth of His Son: The Story of Snake Island Defender Oleksandr Kurtiev

"There Were Beatings, Electric Torture, Strangulation, and Starvation": How a Chernihiv Resident Is Adapting After Russian Captivity

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?

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

20 Months in Russian Captivity: The Story of Mariupol Defender Oleksandr "Demon"

Former Russian POW Petro Nedokhodiuk on Memory Loss, Punishment for Prayer, and the Hardest Day of His Captivity

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

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

Returned to Service Five Days After Being Released from Captivity

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

Beatings, Psychiatric Abuse, and Electric Shocks to the Genitals: Three Years of Captivity for Marine Valentyn Polianskyi

“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)

“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

I Want to Give Other Veterans Hope That There Is Life After Captivity

The Story of Artist Myroslava Kopcha from Berezhany, Who Was Killed in the War

"I Can't Cry": An Interview with Liudmyla Huseinova, Who Spent More Than Three Years in Russian Captivity

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

Transfer to prison instead of prisoner exchange: civilian captives from occupied Luhansk are being taken to Russia

"I Begged the Russians to Kill Me": The Story of a Servicewoman Who Survived Russian Captivity

He Saw His Beloved One Last Time Before Dying from Torture: The Story of Former POW Valerii Zelenskyi

"There Was a Lot of Abuse": A Former POW on What He Endured in Russian Captivity

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

"I Couldn't Endure the Final 12-Hour Interrogation While I Was Bedridden": The Story of Azov Fighter Rasti

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

"They Shocked Me Near My Heart": An "Edelweiss" Fighter on More Than Two Years 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

Captured at 19: The Story of Hlib Shumyl, Who Spent Three Years in Russian Torture Chambers

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

While I Was in Captivity, All I Wanted Was to Fall Asleep and Never Wake Up

AFTER CAPTIVITY | Rehabilitation and Returning to Military Service

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'

Freed POW Volodymyr Trush on Execution Threats, Betrayal in Captivity, and His Determination to Keep Fighting

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

An Inspiring Love Story: A Border Guard Couple Who Survived Captivity Is Together Again

"Every Transfer Was Abuse": Former POW Oleksandr Ivanov Recalls His Captivity While Recovering in Poltava

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

21 Months in Enemy Captivity: A Border Guard Who Endured It All

Captured on the Same Day as His Son: The Story of Border Guard Andrii Stepanov from Bukovyna

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

The Russians killed with brutal savagery

Flew into Besieged Mariupol and Spent Two Years in Captivity: The Story of HUR Fighter "Barrett" from Chernivtsi

More Than Two Years in Russian Captivity: The Story of Soldier Serhii Boichuk

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

"I Thought I Wouldn't Survive": Police Officer Tortured by Russian Forces

"They Beat Me Day and Night": Teacher Taken to a Detention Center

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

Tortured Over a Telegram Comment

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

"I Wrote a Farewell Letter to My Parents": A Witness to Torture

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

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

"I Was in the Hell of Olenivka": A POW Who Survived the Olenivka Attack Reveals New Details

Freed POW Alla Senchenko from Lutsk on Her Experience, Survival, and Ukraine's Future Victory

12-Year-Old Sasha on Being Wounded, Captivity in Donetsk, the Illich Steel Plant, and Separation from His Mother

After the Interrogations, I Spent Another Week Sitting in a Basement, Freezing, Starving, and Losing My Mind: The Story of a Preschool Teacher from Kherson

"We Were Held by Beasts, Not Humans": The Story of Military Medic Yurii Armash, Who Returned from Russian Captivity

The Story of a Woman from Kamianka-Dniprovska Who Spent Seven Months in Russian Captivity

“Vira”: A Schemes Investigative Documentary in Memory of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Journalist Vira Hyrych

Defender of Mariupol and Witness to the Olenivka Massacre: An Interview with an Azov Officer

"For a Year and a Half, We've Believed We'll Find Him": An Interview with the Family of a Missing Volunteer

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

Maryana Mamonova on Azovmash, Pregnancy in Captivity, and Interrogations by Russian Soldiers

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

"Gangrene Will Set In — He'll Die on His Own": How Russians Tortured a Captured Ukrainian for Six Days

They Beat Me and Forced Me to Sing Their Anthem": The Story of Former POW Anastasiia Zaudalska

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

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

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

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

The Story of Photographer Maksym Levin, Who Was Killed While Documenting the Consequences of Russia's Aggression in the Kyiv Region

Life After Russian Captivity: The Story of a Freed Military Medic