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when she surrendered. she says not even the women were spared the brutality of the guards. translation: they dragged us by our hair. _ they beat us in the kidneys, in the ribs, with hammers and batons. how do you describe taganrog? only devils live and work there. this is denis, 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.
one day, i was brought _ to a room. i saw a young man holding his hands up, his fingers were bleeding. "did they insert needles under yourfingernails," i asked. he said yes. for weeks, i tracked down ukrainians who had been taken to taganrog and came back. people like irena, who is now a conscript officer in the military. she was a combat medic when she surrendered. she says not even the women were spared the brutality of the guards. translation: they dragged us by our hair. _ they beat us in the kidneys, in the ribs, with hammers and batons. how do you describe taganrog? only devils live and work there. this is denis, a military surgeon.
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 the azovstal defenders. many are being held in prisons across the country — a violation of the rules of war.