I am from the village of Velyka Oleksandrivka, Kherson region. I worked in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. My neighbors handed me over to the occupiers, who took me to Nova Kakhovka, where they tortured me for 55 days: knocked out my teeth, electrocuted me, beat my head against the wall, tore bloody bandages from my wounds in an attempt to extract information about the location of the AFU. They committed emotional violence, threatening to kill me or my family or imprison me for 15 years. But I did not break down and did not say anything.



On October 11, 2022, I was released from captivity and lived with my sister in the de-occupied territory. I still have a headache after captivity, I eat once a day because of unbearable pain in my teeth. Now I live in a dilapidated house: there are no windows, the roof is broken, two walls are missing, they are nailed together with tarpaulin. I'm glad to be home, but I need money for dental treatment and to rebuild my house.

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