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“You’ll die here. But you have a choice”: a freed Azov fighter recounts how they tried to recruit him to fight against Ukraine.
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2026
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POW
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Slidstvo Info
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Azov
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Mykyta Semenov
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“We uncovered about 800 bodies,” — a serviceman recounted how the Russians forced prisoners to exhume civilian bodies in Mariupol
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2026
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POW
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Slidstvo Info
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Olenivka
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Serhii Hrytsiv
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‘They laughed and rejoiced that they had captured a Pole’ : Russians captured a European civilian and tortured him to death
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2026
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investigation
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Who branded “Glory to Russia” on a Ukrainian prisoner’s stomach? (investigation)
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2026
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POW
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Schemes
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investigation
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video
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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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Serhii Hryhoriev
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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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RFE/RL
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Nataliya Shylo
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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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‘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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interview
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Inha Chekinda
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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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Oksana Herasymenko
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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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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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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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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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medical personnel
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Yevhenii Kravchuk
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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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investigation
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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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Ukrainska Pravda
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interview
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Stanislav Aseiev
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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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“I’m walking, blood flooding my boots”: how an Azov fighter survived captivity three times
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2025
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interview
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Azov
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Olenivka
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Oleksandr Verenthatov
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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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Volodymyr Sorochan
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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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‘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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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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“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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interview
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Danylo Murashkin
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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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interview
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Yevhenii Sholudko
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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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Azov
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Olenivka
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Ping
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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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interview
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Yaroslav Rumyantsev
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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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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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Olha Chernyak
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‘No Prisoners Taken’: Russians Ordered to Execute Ukrainian Prisoners of War
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2024
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Survived captivity and spoke out: what Russian forces do to prisoners of war.
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2024
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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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medical personnel
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Yurii Armash
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After captivity — without arms and legs. A Ukrainian soldier learns to live and dreams of driving again
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2024
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POW
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Vyacheslav Levytskyi
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“He took the horrors of Bucha very hard.” The story of Crimean resident Bohdan Ziza, sentenced by Russia for “terrorism.”
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2024
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civilian detainees
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crimean prisoners
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Bohdan Ziza
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He escaped captivity twice, but failed the third time. The story of a Mariupol defender who finally returned home
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2024
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POW
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Ukrainska Pravda
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interview
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Oleksii Bilousov
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"There were 20% of prison guards loyal to us in captivity": An interview with a soldier of the Third Assault Brigade, Maksym Levchenko
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2024
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POW
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Grunt
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interview
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“I Cannot Do Otherwise”: the Life of a Ukrainian Soldier Before His Execution in Captivity
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2023
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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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Vadym Nazarov
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The first exchange of women: what happened to Ukrainian servicewomen in Russian captivity.
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2023
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POW
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detained women
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RFE/RL
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interview
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Olenivka
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Iryna Stohniy
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Nataliia Fiialova
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A Marine from Zmiinyi: captivity, interrogations about the “Russian warship,” and Bandera
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2023
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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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Yurii Kuzminskyi
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Azov fighter ‘Vyshnia’ returned from captivity speaks about interrogations and threats over the Ukrainian language
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2022
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POW
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Espreso
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interview
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video
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Azov
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Vyshnia
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An Azov Regiment fighter on suicides within the walls of Azovstal and death penalty threats in captivity by the occupiers
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2022
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killed in Russian captivity
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POW
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Espreso
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interview
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video
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Azov
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Denys Piskun
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‘They made me stand in front of a pit with corpses.’ The story of a Kherson resident’s week in Russian captivity
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2022
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civilian detainees
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journalists and cultural figures
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RFE/RL
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video
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Ihor Bondarenko
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Tork from the Azov Regiment on captivity: ‘They went berserk over the map of Ukraine on my chest
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2022
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POW
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killed in Russian captivity
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Espreso
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interview
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Azov
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Olenivka
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Tork
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“I heard them carrying out bodies”: an ATO veteran from Kherson recounts how he survived captivity by Russian occupiers
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2022
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civilian detainees
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journalists and cultural figures
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RFE/RL
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interview
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Maksym Nehrov
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