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Ukrainian soldiers, those who were able to taste freedom again, testify to the nightmare they lived in Russian prisons. Locked between four walls, forced to stand all day, beaten, humiliated.
Since the beginning of the conflict, 1,300 people have been freed by Russia. They are a few, very few, he testified for the media France Info .
Dmitro, 26, explains that he was locked up in a prison in southern Russia: “This prison was dilapidated. Three meals a day, but hey, even children eat more than that… And above all, entire days standing. It was forbidden to sit. You could only sit during meals, otherwise they would beat you in the morning and in the evening .” Today, he admits to suffering from varicose veins. “They used batons, tasers, attack dogs… They interrogated me twice a week. They looked up general knowledge questions on the internet. And if you didn’t answer, they would beat you.”
Another Ukrainian soldier, Sergui, told France Info about the humiliation he suffered. “They humiliated us, morally and physically. Faced against the wall, legs and arms spread, blindfolded, and they asked you: what does FAU mean? You answered in Ukrainian, Ukrainian Armed Forces, and then they hit you in the back, shouting: speak Russian! They hit your kidneys, testicles, legs, neck very hard.”
The trauma is real, powerful. At night, they sometimes wake up suddenly and stand to attention. By reflex, fear still creeps into a tested body.
