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Kyiv during russias occupation and most were initially held here in a sprawling industrial site. the russian forces used it as a kmand command post. >> this is where they were kept? >> yeah. >> reporter: ukrainian prosecutor alexander zeus shows necessity conditions those captured people were forced to endure. a small, dark, cold room. people were packed together here, he says, hands bound, eyes taped. >> this place was where they took people. they were trying to get the toilet -- they need to w...

Helena says, i know they are beasts, they will kill them and no one will find them. ukrainian officials say dozens of people were abducted from around the town of dina near kyiv during russias occupation and most were initially held here in a sprawling industrial cit site the russians used as a command post. ukrainian prosecutor alexander zus shows me the conditions they had to endure, a small, dark, cold room. people were packed together here, he says. hands bound, eyes taped. >> in this place ...

Trying to get away with, they need to walk on legs of somebody else. because there are too much people. >> reporter: he says people came and went, some spent weeks here. someone tried to keep track of days by scratching marks on the wall. he says all the people who came through this room had only one thing in common. they were civilians. several people who were kept here tell us they were frequently beaten and interrogated for information. one man says his hands and fingers were kept to the bone...