"If There Is a Hell on Earth, It Was Here": Kherson Residents Share the Stories about Atrocities by the Invaders
In liberated Kherson, Russian invaders tortured citizens for refusing to cooperate.
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The Russian military used the colony in Kherson to torture detainees, The Washington Post reports with the reference to the eyewitness accounts of local residents.
Black sedans with tinted windows and missing license plates arrived at all hours, disgorging Ukrainian detainees with bags over their heads. Screams began to escape the three-story structure, piercing the once-calm neighborhood, residents said.
Sometimes, the gates would open, and a detainee would be dumped on the street, physically and mentally broken. Other captives were sent to a larger prison, or never seen again.
"If there is a hell on Earth, it was here", said Serhii, 48, who lives across the street.
Some Kherson residents were arrested because they were accused of being freedom fighters. Others said locals were locked up because they had Ukrainian tattoos, wore traditional clothing, took selfies standing near Russian troops, or simply dared to say the wrong words.
"They brought everyone they could get their hands on: partisans, activists, you name it", Larysa, a local resident, said.
A mother was arrested in front of her teenage son and held for two months on a suspicion of helping Ukrainian forces.
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