Captured

Stories

Life After Russian Captivity: The Story of a Freed Military Medic

"Valuable" Prisoners: Why Russia Refuses to Return Ukrainian Military Medics

The occupiers detained 33 volunteers and branded them ‘terrorists’. The stories of drivers who rescued people in Mariupol.

They Took His Phone and Threatened to Kill Him: Russian Troops Abducted Mykyta Buzinov in Chernihiv Region

Doctor Hrabovskyi: The story of a medic from ‘Azovstal’ who is held in Russian captivity

They Beat Me and Forced Me to Sing Their Anthem": The Story of Former POW Anastasiia Zaudalska

"It Was a 21st-Century Gulag": Priests from the Sapphire Rescue Vessel on Their Time in Russian Captivity

Declared missing, but held captive: the story of a 19-year-old marine defending Mariupol

"Gangrene Will Set In — He'll Die on His Own": How Russians Tortured a Captured Ukrainian for Six Days

“In that hell, she said goodbye to life more than once.” The story of a woman who returned from Russian captivity

My hometown is becoming foreign to me. — I live in occupied Kherson since the start of the war.

My hometown is becoming foreign to me. — I live in occupied Kherson since the start of the war.

"They Made Me Sign It Without Letting Me Read It — It Might Have Been My Death Sentence"

"No replies to my messages": a love story torn apart by occupation and captivity

"They Opened My Cell and Said, 'The Russians Are Coming to Shoot You All.'" The Story of a Survivor of the Izium Prison

'A week in the basement, starving and losing my mind' – a childcare worker from Kherson on her captivity during the occupation

‘They made me stand in front of a pit with corpses.’ The story of a Kherson resident’s week in Russian captivity

Grandma, can I call you mom? The story of a woman who crossed the borders of four countries for her grandson

They Were Driving School Buses — They Became Hostages: Russia Has Held Civilian Drivers Captive for Ten Months

"I dream that one day I will return home — to a Ukrainian Mariupol": Kira Obedynska, the first girl returned from occupation, in Uzhhorod

"I Begged Them to Shoot Him So He Wouldn't Suffer": The Story of a Ukrainian Soldier Who Survived Captivity in Crimea

“I heard them carrying out bodies”: an ATO veteran from Kherson recounts how he survived captivity by Russian occupiers

From Detention in Kyiv Region to a Russian Pretrial Detention Center: The Story of Freed Volunteer Volodymyr Khropun

He Went to Meet His Brother — and Ended Up in Illegal Detention for Three Months

Azov fighter ‘Vyshnia’ returned from captivity speaks about interrogations and threats over the Ukrainian language

189 days of captivity of a military medic and what came before and after. The story of Olena Kryvtsova

One Brother Had His Leg Broken and Was Released; the Other Was Also Maimed and Taken to Russia: What Happened to Two Brothers from Kyiv Region

Accused of Directing Artillery Fire and Taken to a Russian Pretrial Detention Center: The Story of Yevhen Hurianov from Bucha

An Azov Regiment fighter on suicides within the walls of Azovstal and death penalty threats in captivity by the occupiers

Torture and ‘Terrorism’ Cases: The Story of Mariupol Volunteers Released from Captivity in Olenivka

"They Looked Through My Phone and Said, 'Well, Kid, You're Done For.'" Volunteer Detained While Fleeing Mariupol Has Been Held for Four Months

Quietly Singing Ukraine's National Anthem and Daily Prayers: Mariupol Military Hospital Medic Kateryna Skopina on What Helped Her Endure Nearly Nine Months in Captivity

Tork from the Azov Regiment on captivity: ‘They went berserk over the map of Ukraine on my chest

The Story of Photographer Maksym Levin, Who Was Killed While Documenting the Consequences of Russia's Aggression in the Kyiv Region

Oleksandr Was Transported in an APC for Seven Days Under Constant Shelling, with No Protection from the Attacks

At any moment they could be ‘discarded’: how male prisoners survive in a filtration camp

Priests Held Hostage: A Method of Pressure and Intimidation

She returned in her ninth month of pregnancy: the story of a medic released from Russian captivity