"Beaten Each Night and Every Morning": Ukrainian Women Released from Russian Captivity Shared Their Stories
Released Ukrainian women shared the story of their captivity.
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Ukrainian female prisoners of war liberated from Russian captivity during the prisoner exchange on October 17th, returned home and shared the story of their captivity in their interview for Radio Svoboda.
According to them, during captivity they were regularly brainwashed by propaganda and lies. For example, the Russian told them that “their country didn’t need them” and that allegedly “no one was going to liberate them”.
"They said: "Ukraine doesn’t want you", “No one needs you”. We were abused. We were subjected to beatings. They are monsters, just monsters. They were beating woman. Their women were beating our women the worst. They took us from our cells every morning, counted us every night and bet us. In Valuyki (a town in Russia – ed.) we were not subject to physical violence, but we were abused mentally”, one of Ukrainian prisoners of war mentioned.
Also according to liberated POWs, Russian attempted to brake Ukrainian women. Those who had families in Russia-controlled territories were forced by the enemy to obtain Russian citizenship and were offered to cooperated, however the POWs refused all these offers.
"They abused us as much as they could. They are fascists, I have nothing else to say. Just think about it, who are these people and whether they are human beings at all”, another liberated Ukrainian added.
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