True War Crime

This is Episode 6 of True War Crime — a series of real stories from people who survived Russian captivity. Our guest, Yulii Pylypei , spent 2.5 years in Russian prisons . To survive psychologically, he held on to one simple dream: traveling with his wife once he was free. Despite being an ordinary soldier defending his country, Yulii says prison guards treated him worse than a convicted child rapi...

This is Episode 5 of True War Crime — a series of real stories from people who survived Russian captivity. When Yevhenii Malik was captured, an unexpected image came to his mind — a scene from Lethal Weapon , where Mel Gibson's character is suspended by his arms before being tortured. What seemed like a movie scene became reality. Yevhenii went through the hell of Russian prisons and torture chamb...

This is Episode 4 of True War Crime — a series of real stories from people who survived Russian captivity. Our guest is Serhii Akhmetov , a Ukrainian civilian who spent more than 3.5 years in Russian prisons . During all that time, he was never formally charged with any crime. No trial. No sentence. No legal justification for his imprisonment. Yet he remained in captivity for years. His story is a...

This is Episode 3 of True War Crime — real stories from people who survived Russian captivity. Our guest is Oleksandr Avramenko , a Ukrainian soldier known as one of the “Cyborgs” who defended Donetsk Airport in 2014–2015 . He spent 1,152 days in captivity , moving through 12 different prisons . In those conditions, survival often depended on small acts of humanity — other regular prisoners shared...

This is the first episode of True War Crime — a series of real stories from people who survived Russian captivity. Davyd Pradchenko spent 1,104 days in Russian prisons. He endured multiple “intake beatings,” lost over 40% of his body weight, and nearly lost his leg — yet he survived and is now telling his story. This is not a news report — it’s a firsthand account of what Russian captivity looks l...