Captured Ukrainian soldier describes Russian prison

Yevhen, a former Ukrainian soldier, was captured by Russian troops near Bakhmut.

Contrary to the Geneva Conventions that state PoWs should be held in separate facilities, he spent seven months in a regular Russian jail among rapists and murderers before being exchanged on Jan 1 2023.

Read more here about Yevhen here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/05/28/inside-prisoner-war-camp-ukraine-russia-putin/

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