Ukrainian survivors of russian captivity share harrowing stories at the Ministerial Conference on the Human Dimension of the #PeaceFormula in Montreal.

Their testimonies reveal the brutal reality of torture, starvation, and psychological
abuse.

"We were beaten and starved," says former POW Maksym Kolesnikov. "The most difficult was when we were forbidden to talk and forced to stand for hours." He urges the world to help free his fellow soldiers still held captive.

Kateryna Yesypenko speaks out about her husband Vladyslav, a journalist imprisoned by russia for reporting on the situation in occupied Crimea. "He was tortured with electric shock to force a false confession," she reveals.

Ukrainian paramedic Yuliia Paievska (Taira) describes the horrific experience of torture by electric shock. "It's when your muscles are too tense, when your breath catches, when your heart threatens to stop," she says.

Yuliia Paievska noted that in this way she was forced to confess to crimes she had never committed, but on the contrary, she took care of the wounded, including even russians.

Paievska calls for an alternative to the International Red Cross to reach Ukrainian prisoners and ensure their humane treatment. "The Red Cross has not reached anyone I know," she states.

Source

@ukrainejournal