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A Ukrainian soldier's time in a Russian POW camp

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Sonia Phalnikar in Kyiv
September 9, 2024

The United Nations has said Ukrainian soldiers are routinely subjected to torture in Russian captivity. DW spoke with a former prisoner of war, recently released in a prisoner swap, about his ordeal.

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