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In Kharkiv, Ukraine Reveals a Network of Russian Torture Chambers
Proof of the horrors local residents were subjected to during more than six months of occupation was revealed on Sept. 19 in a dark and dust-filled basement under the police station in Izium, a strategic city in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region that was liberated in its latest offensive. Among the instruments used to terrorize people were Soviet-era gas masks that had been modified to prevent the victim from being able to breathe once it was placed on the face.
Hard Choices for Those Fleeing Within Ukraine
When Yilena heard the gut-wrenching boom of nearby explosions at her home in Zaporizhzhia in southeastern Ukraine, she and her…