What Happened at Olenivka
"Probably the smell I remember the most. An incomprehensible, even some kind of poisonous smell of smoke, burnt bodies"....
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Kostyantyn Bobryk, Defender of Mariupol
Kostyantyn Bobryk was born in Luhansk and lived there until 2014. In his civil life he worked as a freight train driver...
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Unconquered. The story of a Ukrainian Prisoner of War
This is the story of one of the 5,000 Ukrainian POWs who spent nearly 15 months in Russian captivity...
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Olexander Zarva, a Border Guard in Russian Captivity
​​​Olexander Zarva was a border guard in Luhansk until his capture by the Russians in April 2022...
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Anatoliy Voloshyn, the Oldest Man in Russian Captivity
Anatoliy is 64. He was the oldest man in Russian captivity. His native city was Mariupol. He used to work at Azovstal as a bulldozer driver. Then he became a pastor...
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Nazariy Gryntsevych from Vinnytsia. One of the Youngest AZOV Fighters
Nazariy had dreamt of joining the army from childhood, determined on a military career from the age of 14...
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Olexiy Anulya, the former Chernihiv kickboxing champion
This story will let you know what is really happening to the Ukrainian prisoners of war in Russian captivity. You will understand that the Geneva Convention on prisoners of war is completely ignored by the Russians...
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Maryana Chechelyuk, a 24 year old National Police Service investigator
Among the 75 PoWs exchanged on 31st of May 2024 there were five women: four civilians and one military.
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Yuriy Gulchuk
22 year old marine Yuriy Gulchuk was in Russian captivity from April 2022 to 14th of September 2024.
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Andriy Stepanov
Because I was tortured with electric shock on my neck after having a shower my heart stopped beating.
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Olexiy Ryzhynenko
A border guard from Kherson region. Olexiy Ryzhynenko spent 28 months in the Russian captivity.
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Volodymyr Tatarenko, a medic from Mariupol
When Russia attacked the Donbas in 2014 Volodymyr became an active member of a voluntary medical organisation known as Taira’s Angels...
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Vladyslav Dutchak - the "Professor"
Vladyslav Dutchak, whose military call-sign was Dotsent (professor) was a history lecturer, a PhD in philosophy, a sergeant of the Azov regiment of the National Guard of Ukraine, a Knight of the Order of Courage third Degree and a POW at Olenivka camp.
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Marine Dmytro Kurakin - 10 months in Russian captivity
Dmytro Kurakin was a Marine Corps sergeant of the 36th Rear Admiral Mykhailo Bilynsky Marine Brigade. He came to Mariupol several months before the beginning of the Russian full scale invasion.
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Death in Russian Captivity
Victoriya Roschyna was the author of a number of news stories and investigations for the Ukrainian media...
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Maksym Butkevych, a human rights activist
When the Russian aggression started on 24th of February 2022, Maksym went immediately to the recruitment office and joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine....
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Oleksandr Koval – captured by the Wagnerites
Ukrainian soldier Oleksandr Koval was held captive for 40 days by the Wagnerites....
