Y: In the police station, the occupiers forcefully removed tattoos from detained civilians that they didn't like. Some were cut out with a knife, others burned off with chemicals 42/

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Y: He said he was a driver for an MT-LB vehicle and was captured near Zaporizhzhia. When they brought him in, he was bandaged but in terrible shape, bleeding everywhere. I unwrapped his head, and knew instantly I couldn't help much. 38/

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Y: Before Russia's full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022, I had already seen a lot, but nothing prepared me for the brutality after that date. In the police station in Nova Kakhovka, I entered rooms that scared me. I saw saws, chainsaws, axes, machetes—all covered in blood 39/

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Y: Several times, I was taken to provide medical aid in a building next to the police station to Russians. The injuries there were usually simple—stab wounds, cuts. But once, there was a Ukrainian soldier with a fractured skull. The blow to his head was so hard, the skull cracked

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Y: I remember one man, around 35-37 years old, who was brought in after being tortured. First, they abused him at the police station, then took him to the Dnipro River. They tied a rope around his neck, tightened it like a noose, and forced him to swim. 34/

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Y: He managed to get about 20-30 meters from shore when the Russians started yanking the rope, choking him. Then they pulled him back, doused his legs in gasoline, set him on fire, and watched. 35/

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Y: I don't recall anyone dying from Russian torture, though I might not know everything. The occupiers would often shout things like, "Let's take him to the field and shoot him!" or "Let's drown him." I can't say for sure if they ever acted on those threats. 33/

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Y: When escorting captives to the police station, if something displeased the Russians, they would take out the silencer and strike with the threaded end designed to attach to the rifle barrel. 32/

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Many people had head injuries, and I often came across a specific type of wound—a strange, round hole. It wasn't until after treating about twenty people with such injuries that I understood their cause. Soldiers later told me these were caused by the silencers of their rifles

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Y: I spent a long time bandaging him, as he had received no medical aid after his torture. The young man sat in his cell for about four days, his fingers starting to rot, before they finally brought me to him. 30/

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