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8/9/2025, 4:09:43 PM
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>the story of the only chaplain of Azovstal, who spent three years in Russian captivity.
"They shocked me with a stun gun. I was knocked to the ground. Then someone grabbed me by the collar and dragged me somewhere - my eyes were covered. I remember getting punched in the stomach and legs. The one dragging me kicked me in the liver and spleen so hard I saw stars from the pain," Vasyl shared.
"All night, we were forced to kneel on gravel in the rain. Our knees were bloody. One officer fell into a coma for a week and a half after that. I don't know what happened to him after," Vasyl told.
In the cell, prisoners were only allowed to whisper. Sometimes, they were beaten for simply turning their heads or smiling.
"The hardest part was surviving 'bath day.' It wasn’t about hygiene - it was ritual abuse. They beat us with rubber truncheons, plastic pipes, wooden sticks, heavy boots, and stun guns. You didn’t go there to wash - you went to endure torture."
Every day, Vasyl silently prayed. At some point, his cellmates asked him to whisper prayers aloud for everyone - at first only on Sundays, then daily.
Ukrainian Defenders were kept in complete information isolation.
Easter 2025 was special. For the first time in three years, Vasyl ate a chicken egg. Prisoners were also given a tiny piece of Easter bread - just 8-10 grams.
At the end of May, the captives were weighed. Vasyl had reached a critical weight deficit and was transferred to a separate cell for the severely ill - the "half-dead."
On June 14, after three years and one month in Russian captivity, Vasyl returned home as part of a prisoner exchange for gravely ill prisoners.
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>the story of the only chaplain of Azovstal, who spent three years in Russian captivity.
"They shocked me with a stun gun. I was knocked to the ground. Then someone grabbed me by the collar and dragged me somewhere - my eyes were covered. I remember getting punched in the stomach and legs. The one dragging me kicked me in the liver and spleen so hard I saw stars from the pain," Vasyl shared.
"All night, we were forced to kneel on gravel in the rain. Our knees were bloody. One officer fell into a coma for a week and a half after that. I don't know what happened to him after," Vasyl told.
In the cell, prisoners were only allowed to whisper. Sometimes, they were beaten for simply turning their heads or smiling.
"The hardest part was surviving 'bath day.' It wasn’t about hygiene - it was ritual abuse. They beat us with rubber truncheons, plastic pipes, wooden sticks, heavy boots, and stun guns. You didn’t go there to wash - you went to endure torture."
Every day, Vasyl silently prayed. At some point, his cellmates asked him to whisper prayers aloud for everyone - at first only on Sundays, then daily.
Ukrainian Defenders were kept in complete information isolation.
Easter 2025 was special. For the first time in three years, Vasyl ate a chicken egg. Prisoners were also given a tiny piece of Easter bread - just 8-10 grams.
At the end of May, the captives were weighed. Vasyl had reached a critical weight deficit and was transferred to a separate cell for the severely ill - the "half-dead."
On June 14, after three years and one month in Russian captivity, Vasyl returned home as part of a prisoner exchange for gravely ill prisoners.
>part 2
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