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Being prepared for a new home. more than 200 water voles transported here all the way from devon are being checked, ready for release in this cumbrian valley. its part of a two—year mission to bring the endangered mammals back to the lake district. oh, its really exciting. when you work in conservation, you want to see things that should be in the landscape. and sometimes things come naturally, and sometimes you have to give them a bit of a helping hand. so all of the work that the teams been ...

Translation: sheer hell. the scariest part was when they called you up for interrogation. how can you describe a place where you are stripped of everything human? these ukrainians were captured by the enemy... translation: they can do anything they want with you physically. i ..and taken to this russian prison in taganrog, a place they now associate with torture. in may last year, the city of mariupol was under siege. artem, a sniper with the azov regiment, wanted to keep on fighting. but ukrain...

Who tried to protect their country, who tried to protect their country, who survived the battles, who survived the aerial bombs, survived the tank attacks, just have to survive all of the torture in captivity. in the places that were assigned for criminals, not prisoners of war. so it is hard to imagine people managing to survive all of this cruelty, to survive all of the torture, beatings and they still want to return to the battlefield after returning home to protect their country. you battlef...

So i can put on my uniform, pick up my weapons and defend my country. the battles in this war continue not only on the front lines, but also in the lives of ukrainians trying to overcome so much cruelty. hugo bachega, bbc news, kyiv. earlier i spoke with maria klymyk, a journalist at the media initiative for human right. she collects and documents information about alleged war crimes committed by the russian federation in ukraine and she gave me her reaction to the reports on prisoners of war. h...

How do you describe taganrog? translation: only devils live and work there. - this is dennis, a military surgeon. he tells me people were beaten as soon as they arrived, in rooms, hallways, and even in the shower. he was left with three broken ribs and could barely breathe. translation: they threw me on the floor, ordered me - to not lift my head up, and gave me electric shocks until they discharged the entire taser battery on me. you are convulsing. if you lift your head off the floor they star...

In russian captivity, including hundreds of the asov defenders. many are being held in prisons across the country, a violation of the rules of war. here campaigns like this one are fighting for their freedom and for russia to protect their rights. ukraine says nine in every ten prisoners who have been returned allege they were tortured. this is the biggest challenge for me now, how to protect our people on russian side. and i dont know how and nobody knows how we can do it. the russian defence m...

By the authorities to hold prisoners of war, stirring the piece, up to 10,000 ukrainians are believed to be in russian captivity. i think a few weeks ago the un special reporter on russian torture said there are signs that this is organised. this is, you know, a well orchestrated, in other words she said this amounts to a pattern of state endorsed torture. these are not isolated events, this is widespread and it is happening across the country.— is widespread and it is happening across the cou...

Up to 10,000 ukrainian prisoners of war are believed to remain in russian captivity, including hundreds of the asov defenders. many are being held in prisons across the country, a violation of the rules of war. here campaigns like this one are fighting for their freedom and for russia to protect their rights. ukraine says nine in every ten prisoners who have been returned allege they were tortured. this is the biggest challenge for me now, how to protect our people on russian side. and i dont kn...

Translation: sheer hell. the scariest part was when they called you up for interrogation. how can you describe a place where you are stripped of everything human? these ukrainians were captured by the enemy... translation: they can do anything they want with you physically. - ..and taken to this russian prison in taganrog, a place they now associate with torture. in may last year, the city of mariupol was under siege. artem, a sniper with the azov regiment, wanted to keep on fighting. but ukrain...

Only devils live and work there. this is denis, a military surgeon. he tells me people were beaten as soon as they arrived. translation: they threw me | on the floor, ordered me to not lift my head up and gave me electric shocks until they discharged - the entire taser battery on me. you are convulsing. if lift your head off the floor, they start beating you, - and the circle never ends. up to 10,000 ukrainian prisoners of war are believed to remain in russian captivity, including hundreds of th...