Captured

Stories

“This Was His First Combat Mission.” How Russia Branded a POW from the 48th Assault Battalion a “Terrorist” for Serving in the Noman Çelebicihan Battalion

“He often crossed the administrative border with a Ukrainian passport”: yesterday’s student Mamut Belyalov was sentenced to 12 years in Crimea

“Sasha Was Abducted Back in 2021 in the Luhansk Region”: Nearly Six Years in Captivity — The Story of a Civilian from Luhansk

"They Beat Me for Every Ukrainian Word": The Story of Serhii Marchuk, a Soldier from Zhytomyr Region Released from Russian Captivity

“They Said There Were Options to Choose From: Either Rape, or Killing Civilians, or Something Else.” The Story of Azov Fighter Dmytro Danylchuk and His Fabricated Case in Russia.

“He wanted Henichesk to have its own voice.” The story of journalist Hennadii Osmak, imprisoned by the occupiers

Surviving Captivity: The Story of Freed Journalist Dmytro Khyliuk

36-Year-Old Soldier Serhii Shykun Returns Home to His Community in Zhytomyr Region from Russian Captivity

The prison guards of “Izolyatsia” replicated torture methods shown in the American film The Mauritanian: the account of Daniil Bulhakov about his three years in the “DPR” prisons

Tortured into confession of a murder. How the Russian Investigative Committee fabricated the case of prisoner of war from 108th Separate Mountain Assault Battalion

Surviving Captivity: Released Journalist Dmytro Khyluk

Who branded “Glory to Russia” on a Ukrainian prisoner’s stomach? (investigation)

Russian Occupation Authorities in Kherson Oblast Are Sending Children to Russia for Military Training

“Can They Even Be Called Normal People?” The Story of Mariupol Marine Ivan Nakonechnyi’s More Than Three Years in Captivity.

Torture, exile, and escape across the front line. How a Ukrainian lawyer broke free from occupation after imprisonment in an FSB torture chamber

In the Taganrog detention center, in front of the guards, Viktoriia Roshchyna tried to cut her veins in order to get a psychologist brought to her, according to testimony from a person released from captivity.

Russia Sends Boy from Makiivka to a Summer Camp in North Korea

“An Army of Idiots and Traitors,” “FSB-Ble-vazbe,” “Rooster Airborne Troops”: Russian General’s Correspondence on the War, Intelligence Services, and Prisoners of War

“You Won’t Get Out of Here”: The Story of Kostyantyn Davydenko’s Captivity in Russia

“We uncovered about 800 bodies,” — a serviceman recounted how the Russians forced prisoners to exhume civilian bodies in Mariupol

“You’ll die here. But you have a choice”: a freed Azov fighter recounts how they tried to recruit him to fight against Ukraine.

Children of War / Children's Stories

Son and Father in Russian Captivity: The Story of a Crimean Tatar Family

‘They laughed and rejoiced that they had captured a Pole’ : Russians captured a European civilian and tortured him to death

«When Andrii saw a photo of his son, the whole cell was in tears.» How two families have been waiting four years for their civilian husbands to return from Russian captivity

"A Year in My Second Captivity Was Harder Than Three Years in the First": Azov Fighters Who Endured Russian Captivity Twice

“FSB Increasingly Detains People After They Have Served Their Sentences” — Vladyslav Yesypenko on His Activities Following His Release

“Mom, I don’t want to go back there…”: blind political prisoner Sizikov was released from a penal colony due to his health, then the decision was overturned

“He Cut His Wrists to Avoid Working for the Occupiers”: The Story of Volodymyr Yakymenko, a Civilian Held Captive for Nine Years

"I Became Human Again": 200 Ukrainian Service Members Return Home from Russian Captivity