She said #prisoners were subjected to electric shocks and beatings while they were #blindfolded and restrained. Ms #Panina said #Russian special forces were especially cruel. She said 28 female prisoners were held in a cell designed to hold six people, with insufficient access to food, water and clean toilets. She was released as part of a prisoner swap.
#Ukraine #Azovstal #Mariupol #Russia #Olenivka #torture #testimony

Testimony given to #BBCUkrainian by a former #Azovstal #prisoner of war:

A #Ukrainian soldier has told the BBC she witnessed #Russian forces #torturing prisoners of war. Alina #Panina spent more than four months in #Olenivka prison in the Russian-occupied #Donetsk region after she surrendered at the Azovstal steelworks in #Mariupol in May.