Ukrainian prisoners of war say they were tortured at Russian prison

Dyblenko instructed me that, in September, one among his cellmates suffered a coronary heart assault, which he attributed to the fixed bodily abuse. No-one got here to deal with him, based on Dyblenko, and the person died, aged 53. Three weeks later, Dyblenko was included in a swap and, in Ukraine, reported the case to the authorities. The physique, he stated, was returned on the finish of final 12 months. “[His son] was given photos of it,” Dyblenko stated, “it was horrifying”. Ukraine acknowledged that our bodies had been exchanged in December, with out giving particulars of the victims’ identities, or how and the place that they had died. The person’s son stated he was ready for the results of a DNA check and didn’t need to remark.