Ukrainian POW Relates Beatings, Shocks Given in Russian Prison; Weight Dropped 32 Kg Due to Meager Meals

By Yumiko Kurashige / Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent
18:37 JST,
August 23, 2024
KYIV — In the 2½ years since Russia invaded Ukraine, the Russian military has tortured Ukrainian prisoners of war and treated them inhumanely. A former Ukrainian soldier who experienced brutal torture for 11 months from around the start of the invasion spoke to The Yomiuri Shimbun on July 8.
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