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The citizens of the United Kingdom released from captivity of Russian invaders t...

"We were tortured for fun." The liberated Briton told about abuse in Russian captivity

The citizens of the United Kingdom released from captivity of Russian invaders told how they were tortured and beaten. In an interview with Daily Mail 59-year-old paramedic John Harding, who participated in the defense of Azovstal and was held captive in the occupied territory in Donetsk region, said the occupiers were "very inventive" in the torture: in particular, they The prisoners were ordered to dial the number on the old phone, and when the dial returned, they were hit by a current.

Video of Harding Day was kept in the chamber 4 by 2 meters with other captives, which were locked up for 23 hours a day. He returned with neurological damage to the spine and arms and very thin. “There were beating, strokes and beating again. One guy got a knife wound in the leg, then sutured. I think we were tortured for fun, ”Harding said. Before exchanging, the prisoners did not know where they were taken, and feared that the invaders would kill them.

They said that for the first time in a few months they saw real food only on the plane, which flew to Saudi Arabia. The prisoners also suffered psychological torture, were threatened with execution and said goodbye to their relatives: Hardring the invaders forced to record a video with the words of farewell to their daughter. Five released British - Eiden Eslin, Sean Pinner, Dylan Hili, Andrew Hill and John Harding - have already arrived in the United Kingdom.

On September 21, Ukraine conducted the largest exchange of prisoners since the beginning of a full -scale invasion of Russia. Among the 215 people who were liberated from the Russian captivity, 188 defenders of Azovstal and Mariupol, including the commanders of Azovstal (now in Turkey), as well as ten foreigners, some of whom were threatened by execution (their plane arrived in Saudi Arabia).