Captured defenders in colonies were forced to learn names of children killed by Russia in Donbas

This was stated in an interview with Ukrinform by Volodymyr Ivanov, a marine defender of Mariupol who was released from captivity.

“In one of the last prisons, they gave us a list of 160 dead children and forced us to study the full date of birth, date of death, place of birth and circumstances of death,” said Ivanov, who spent 895 days in Russian captivity.

The defense lawyer clarified that it was a list of 160 children from Donetsk and Luhansk regions who, according to the Russian Federation, died allegedly because of the actions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, but were actually killed by Russia itself.

According to Ivanov, Russian supervisors organized an “exam” to test their knowledge of this list and beat them with stun guns or otherwise abused them for making mistakes.

“And somewhere you made a mistake, you stretch out your hand, a window for eating opens, they call it a 'feeder' in prison. You put your hand out and the beating with a stun gun begins. When the stun gun was discharged, you put your hand out again, he takes your hand, leans his foot against the steel door and beats you several times, beats your head against the steel door,” the released marine said.

As Ukrinform reported, on September 14, another 103 Ukrainian servicemen were returned from Russian captivity. Among them was marine Volodymyr Ivanov.

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