/1. russian death camp: Three stories of Ukrainian prisoners. 🧵⬇️
How Ukrainian prisoners are tortured and killed — stories from one russian detention center.
At first glance, Vyazemskoye Detention Center-2 appears to be an ordinary facility within the russian "penitentiary" system. However, in reality, it can be boldly called a "death camp."
The russians have proven to be much more cunning and more intelligent than the Nazis during World War II, who built specialized facilities to exterminate their enemies.
Officially, the russians don’t have specialized facilities for holding Ukrainian prisoners. It is as if no one is in Russian captivity. They have simply "scattered" Ukrainian prisoners across their detention facilities, where, far from human eyes, they physically and mentally break and destroy them.
Texty. org. ua decided to investigate one specific place where Ukrainian prisoners are tortured. This is Vyazemskoye Detention Center-2—a seemingly unremarkable facility that has become a place of torture for Ukrainian prisoners.
While working on this material, we discovered another problem—the Ukrainian government's unpreparedness to clearly emphasize that today, we are dealing with mass crimes against humanity.
A paradoxical situation has arisen: due to bureaucracy, Ukrainian officials simply copy the falsified diagnosis given by enemy doctors, instead of providing their own definition of what caused the person's death and, ultimately, calling the crime a crime.
Unfortunately, Ukrainian officials are essentially confirming another Russian lie, claiming that another Ukrainian prisoner simply died of "tuberculosis."
At the same time, the official Ukrainian forensic examination ignores the fact that the Russians did everything possible to destroy people and that tuberculosis is a consequence of the torture and abuse that Ukrainian captives endure daily in detention.
We hope this material will help address these problems.

Oleksandr Hrytsiuk
From Kivertsi, Volyn region, was captured in April 2022. In January 2024, his family was informed that his body had been returned from captivity.

Oksana Hrytsiuk, the wife of the deceased, says:
We live in Kivertsi, Volyn region. My husband Oleksandr worked as a builder. From the first days of the full-scale war, he said, "If not me, then who?" and volunteered. He fought in the 110th brigade, named after Mark Bezruchko.
Unfortunately, on April 10, 2022, he and a group of comrades were captured near Novobakhmutivka.
I learned about his captivity from Russian websites. At first, I found one video, then another, where he was wounded and had his head bandaged.
In the fall of 2022, I received confirmation from the International Committee of the Red Cross. In September 2022, I received the only letter from my husband during all this time. It was written in Russian:
"Hello, my wife. I am in captivity in the Russian Federation. I was wounded. They feed, clothe, and provide all necessary medical assistance. I am waiting for an exchange and a quick return home."
Without a doubt, this letter was written under dictation. But even that was a great joy for me. I received confirmation that my husband was alive.
I knocked on all doors, wrote to the Coordination Headquarters, the President, the Security Service of Ukraine, and the National Information Bureau. I constantly traveled to Kyiv. I didn't just wait for him to come back from captivity, but constantly did something.
In February 2023, a released cellmate of my husband told me that he was doing well, treated more or less normally, not beaten at the moment, and could survive.
Now I understand that he said this just to not upset me. After that, there was complete silence, no news about my husband.
However, in December 2023, a representative of Lubinets (Dmytro Lubinets is the Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada for Human Rights - Texty. org. ua) called me and said that there was an opportunity to send things and a letter to my husband. ⬇️

/2. I wrote a letter, added a few photos, and sent them to the National Information Bureau. It was just before New Year's. At that moment, my husband was already dead, but I did not know it yet.
In early January 2024, I received information from another cellmate of my husband. This time, I heard that my husband was being tortured. On January 24, a Kyiv investigator called me and said there was an exchange of bodies in December 2023, and they had my husband's body.
I couldn’t believe it; I said they had made a mistake and hung up. Later, the investigator sent me a photo of the tattoo, and I recognized him by the tattoo.
It was the worst day of my life.
When we arrived in Kyiv for body identification on January 25, I was shocked by what I saw. It was a very horrifying sight. What struck me the most was how emaciated the body was. The pathologist said that he weighed less than fifty kilograms.
Sasha was tall—180 cm. Before captivity, he weighed 110 kg and was physically healthy. What was left of him were just bones and skin. His head was all bruised, his nose was crooked, and his index fingers had no nails. Whether they were ripped out or smashed, I do not know. There were signs of torture all over his body.
His cellmates later told me how they were tortured. Every day, they were beaten. They were beaten either in the cell or taken outside. They beat them very brutally, especially my husband. Because he was tall, stately, from western Ukraine, and didn’t want to speak Russian.

They called him a Banderite, saying all Banderites must be killed and cut to pieces. He was beaten very cruelly, to the point of losing consciousness. Between beatings, they were forced to stand motionless for hours, sometimes with their hands raised.
They were hardly fed. Once, there was some holiday, and dogs were running in the prison yard, so the guards collected leftover dog food, added dog hair to it, and gave it to them as food.
I wrote five letters to my husband, and as I was told, he received them in the summer of 2023. In one of the letters, I wrote that he had a grandson. When he read this, he was very moved. He told the guys about it, and that day, they gave him all their food, making a small pot of it.
The date of death was recorded as November 16, 2023. According to the conclusion of our Ukrainian pathologist, it was "tuberculosis." We are going to challenge this conclusion. I know that in March, many bodies of guys were returned from captivity, and they all had tuberculosis or ischemic heart disease written as the cause of death.
For a month, I couldn't bury my husband because we disagreed with this medical certificate. And wherever I turned regarding this forensic expert's conclusion, everywhere, even at the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, they told me they couldn't influence the expert's decision.
When we received the death certificate, it simply said — tuberculosis. The same goes for the conclusions about the cause of death. In the Russian conclusion, it says he died in a hospital, and the cause of death was pneumonia. In our case, it says tuberculosis and lung failure.

I don’t understand why our side essentially accepts the Russian position, attributing the causes of death simply to illness. Just looking at him, it is clear that he was tortured. There are only bones and skin. Given all this, we said we disagreed and wouldn’t accept such a death certificate.
To make it clear, he also had Russian documents with him. The cause of death there is listed as pneumonia. And it says he died in the Vyazma Central District Hospital. And the most interesting thing: when we were issued the death certificate in Lutsk, it said: place of death, Vyazma, Vyazma Central District Hospital.
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Found this video on Telegram. Unfortunately no subtitles. The video talks about the involvement of the FSB in the terrorist attack in Crocus. About the fact that blue clothes are the favorite clothes of the FSB. And that in the hall where the bloodiest events took place, there were about 20 men dressed in blue [suspicious identical clothes and VERY suspicious behavior]. It is also said that the Tajiks were framed and the FSB was behind the terrorist attack. Look, the people who are detaining the suspect are also wearing blue.

https://twitter.com/golub/status/1772388951925362769

Sources report that the security forces of the occupation regime are carrying out indiscriminate shelling of residential buildings in the area of the clash in Karabulak (Ingushetia), using small and heavy weapons, including grenade launchers. As a result, nearby houses come under fire.
As we see, in a real battle, the vaunted russian special forces are not able to stop several resistance fighters.

In the second video, you can see resistance fighters shooting from the apartment.
Note that the battle has been going on for more than 4 hours. A large number of wounded are admitted to the city clinic of Kalabulak, located on Dzhabagiev Street.
It is reported that there are casualties both among the occupying forces and among the residents of the houses that are subject to indiscriminate shelling from the russian occupiers.

A POWERFUL CYCLONE WILL REACH MOSCOW

The strongest hurricane is in Crimea and Sevastopol. The wind knocks down trees, tears off roof sheathing, and downs power lines. About 40 thousand residents were left without electricity, the “authorities” of the occupied peninsula report. Many settlements are flooded, people are evacuated to safer places.

❄️A powerful cyclone from the Black Sea will reach Moscow. As Roman Vilfand, the scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center of russia, said, the heaviest snowfall that has ever happened in November is predicted in the capital: “It will not be just ordinary snow, but snowfall. One of the heaviest snowfalls that ever happened at the end of November."
Now a catastrophic cyclone from the occupied Crimea is moving to Moscow: in the next 13 hours, snowfall is expected there, which Muscovites have not seen for 40 years.

🔥 MOSCOW IS UNDER ATTACK. Thread⬇️

The drone hit Moscow City.

Smoke is emitted near one of the towers. Eyewitnesses report the sound of an explosion and a drone hit. https://t.co/IYP9crlV3Gtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…



🔥 Emergency services are being drawn to Moscow City (an elite district of Moscow in the city center).

Cars of the police and the Ministry of Emergency Situations drive to the towers (skyscrapers).

One of the UAVs hit the Moscow City tower again just now. https://t.co/2nBO1KAAQHtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…

💥 Moscow was attacked by drones. What is known:

📍“Today, at about 4 o’clock in the morning, drone strikes on two non-residential buildings were recorded.
All operational services are working on the spot,” said Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin.

📍“The sounds of explosions were… https://t.co/E7lRJXzhOetwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
More footage.
💥 Moscow was attacked by drones. What is known:

📍“Today, at about 4 o’clock in the morning, drone strikes on two non-residential buildings were recorded.
All operational services are working on the spot,” said Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin.

📍“The sounds of… https://t.co/ha53PCKZ91twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

After the Ruzzian strike, the symbol of Odesa, the Transfiguration Cathedral, is on fire.
It is included in the UNESCO heritage!
Full video (~5 min).
#RussianWarCrimes As a result of another Russian missile attack on Odesa, the Transfiguration Cathedral was destroyed.
The mayor arrived at the scene.
In addition to significant damage to the building, Orthodox shrines were damaged: the Kasperovskaya Icon of the Mother of God, which is the… https://t.co/h94cin44RStwitter.com/i/web/status/1…

The Russian Ministry of Defense attacked the Wagner camp (video)

«There are reports of a missile attack on the rear camp of Wagner PMC.
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According to information from the field, the blow was delivered from the rear, that is, by the military of the Russian Defense Ministry.… https://t.co/RL5vZzeWJptwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Video from the Wagner field camp before the strike of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
This ⬇️ video was posted this afternoon on the Wagner telegram channel.

Screenshot of the correspondence, where the Russian military writes that they were ordered to kill the Wagners [I… https://t.co/bfZjLy3WYNtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…

The leader of PMC "Wagner" Prigozhin refuted the fantasies of the bunker grandfather.

Prigozhin is sure that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are starting to cross the Dnieper.

First sabotage and reconnaissance groups are already appearing in Hola Prystan, and from today, regular… https://t.co/erZ7gzLaz3twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Prigozhin says:

Piatykhatky under the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Robotyne, the northern part - under the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Urozhaine - under the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Near Tokmak - the Armed Forces of Ukraine, no weapons, no ammunition, the soldiers even need grenades,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

⚠️ Very graphic.
Soldiers of the SSO of Ukraine entered the enemy's trenches in the southern direction from the rear and destroyed 10 invaders.
In the south, during the mission, the fighters of the special purpose marine center were able to enter the rear of the enemy. A combat group of SSO soldiers caught the enemy by surprise.
Recovering from the surprise, some enemy soldiers tried to resist. But, as you can see from the video shot by one of Ukrainian soldiers - in vain.

P.S. I can't close one video [twitter doesn't close], so I'm adding a photo.
I forgot to add that the Ukrainian military offered the invaders to surrender.

They shout on the video: "Surrender! You will live! Come out with your hands up!", but the occupiers didn’t surrender…

“Our brothers convey greetings from the Ukrainian-Russian border. Our fight continues. Wait for us!
For Russia! For freedom!” — the Legion Freedom of Russia”

He says : “We are the Legion ‘Freedom of Russia’, we are now near the border of our homeland. We are advancing towards… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… «The second phase promised by the Russian Volunteer Corps has begun! Putin's army is again hitting the squares, although this time they are not peaceful Ukrainian cities, but Russian villages. Stay in your houses or go to shelter!
The RVC didn’t fight and is not fighting with… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

🔥 There is a battle going on on the border between Russia and Ukraine. According to preliminary data, saboteurs attacked the Shebekino checkpoint with the help of tanks. They are held back by border guards and fighters of the Ministry of Defense.

Eyewitnesses report that the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… ruZzians write: “Belgorod region.

Tanks [Ukrainian] break through on the Belgorod border.

We fought back on Tavolzhanka! Now the fight in Shebekino is going on.

Our tanks went into battle.

I repeat, in Shebekino right now there is a fight.

One [Ukrainian] tank at zero… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Belgorod and Shebekino tonight.
first video - Belgorod
second - Shebekino twitter.com/i/web/status/1… More footage from Belgorod people’s republic this night. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

As a result of a night attack on Kyiv, at least three people were killed, nine more were injured of varying severity, the KGVA reported.

Among those killed are two children.
The age of the dead children is approximately 5-6 and 12-13 years old.

Seven wounded people were… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… The number of wounded in Kyiv increased to 14.
9 people were hospitalized, another 5 received assistance on the spot.
#RussianWarCrimes

💥A powerful explosion at a refinery in the Krasnodar Territory, russia now.

According to Shot, the Afipsky oil refinery was attacked by drones. So far, there have been no reports of casualties or official statements from the authorities. 🔥 The video shows the moment the drone arrives at the Afipsky Oil Refinery in the Krasnodar Territory. At the moment, one of the fuel oil distillation units is on fire.

The design oil refining capacity of the refinery is 6.25 million tons per year. It produces diesel fuel,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Air raid already throughout the country.
Missile threat!
#RussiaIsATerroristState “— An explosion in the Holosiivskyi district of the capital. All services go to the place. Details later. Stay in shelters!
— More explosions in the city. Don’t leave shelters!
— Missile shot down near Kyiv. Air defense works! Keep safe. Stay in shelters!!” - Klitschko

💥Explosions are reported in occupied Berdyansk and Mariupol. Another video of “arrival” from Mariupol.

«The Legion ‘Freedom of Russia’ and the ‘Russian Volunteer Corps’ continue to liberate the Belgorod region!

The army of the Russian Federation couldn’t oppose anything to a group of patriotic volunteers who took up arms and were not afraid to openly go against the Moscow regime… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… “The war will continue until Putin's hanged body graces the walls of the Kremlin and his gang is judged by a fair trial of Russian anger,” — the ‘Russian Volunteer Corps’.

“The Putin army, torn by meat assaults, has calmed down. Corruptionists and oligarchs, torn apart by… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

The “Liberty of Russia” Legion @legion_svoboda also says it is returning home to end the Kremlin's dictatorship.

"We are Russians just like you. We are people just like you. We want our children to grow up in piece and be free people, so that they can travel, study and just be… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… “Residents of the border regions!
Stay at home, don’t resist and don’t be afraid: we are not your enemies. Unlike Putin's zombies, we don’t touch civilians and don’t use them for our own purposes. Freedom is near!

To everyone who follows us: soon all the details, stay in touch.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Members of the "Russian Volunteer Corps" said that for the third time they crossed the border of the russian federation.
This time they posted videos from the villages of Bezlyudovka in the Belgorod region and Churovichi in the Bryansk region, declaring that "Russia will soon be… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… On the map: the village of Churovichi, Bryansk region and Bezlyudovka, Belgorod region:

🇫🇷🇺🇦 Zelenskyy: “I met with the President of France Emmanuel Macron. I thank France for the important decisions regarding military and humanitarian support to Ukraine.

France's support for the coalition of fighter jets and its participation in the training mission to train… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 🇬🇧🇺🇦 Zelenskyy: “In Japan, I met with Prime Minister of the UK Rishi Sunak. I thanked for the UK's leadership in the international fighter jet coalition.
 
We discussed the further implementation of the agreements reached during the negotiations held in the UK on May 14. We… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…