Ukrainian boy held hostage by Russia tells of cleaning up torture rooms
by Peter Beaumont in Kyiv from World news | The Guardian on (#61JEK)
Vladislav Buryak was kept for 90 days and describes people screaming and a room with bloodstains and soaked bandages
A 16-year-old Ukrainian boy has described how he was held hostage by Russian soldiers for 90 days as he heard other prisoners being tortured in a nearby cell.
Vladislav Buryak, who was separated from his family on 8 April at a checkpoint while attempting to flee the city of Melitopol, was released after a months-long negotiation between his father, Oleg - a local Ukrainian official - and Russian soldiers, who wanted to exchange Vladislav for an individual of interest to the Russian military.
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