- Viktoriia Roshchyna crossed the frontline to investigate one of Russia's least talked about war crimes - the brutal detention and torture of 16,000 civilians from occupied Ukraine. She died in Russian custody, a victim of the horrors she had set out to expose. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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- Russia is holding thousands of Ukrainian civilians captive. They are local politicians, retired police officers, small business owners, community activists. Anyone likely to oppose the occupation. They are ghost prisoners. Held without charge, without access to lawyers or to their families.
- In today's report, we go inside one of Russia's worst torture prisons - Sizo 2 in Taganrog. For months, our reporters have been recording interviews with released prisoners of war to understand what happened here - and to name some of those responsible. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
- This story can only be told thanks to the courage of those who agreed to relive some of the darkest moments of their lives. Thank you.
- Hats off to our brilliant reporting team @shaunwalker7.bsky.social @manisha.bsky.social @pjotrsauer.bsky.social , our colleagues from Ukraine Tetyana Nikolayenko, Anton Naumliuk, and Artem Mazhulin, and our graphics wizard Lucy Swan. Thanks also @forbidden-stories.bsky.social for making it happen.
