A video appeared on Russian Telegram channels where a Ukrainian Defender of Mariupol Oleksandr Maksymchuk shares that he has spent two and a half years in Russian captivity and was tortured there.

Oleksandr and his brothers-in-arms were sentenced by Russian courts to 20 years in prison for defending their land from Russian aggression.

Thousands of Ukrainians remain in Russian captivity and go through hell there.

https://t.me/pravdaGerashchenko_en/36454

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 4 weeks ago

I thought you’re not supposed to be able to be convicted for engaging in an officially-declared war? Then again, this is a “special operation” or some such and the USA hasn’t officially declared war on another nation for multiple obvious wars, so…

[–] Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org 3 points 4 weeks ago

I'm surprised they even have court for these guys. I would figure they would torture them and dump them in a hole somewhere. They already seem to do that to their own people, so like...why are they bothering with all this showmanship here? Just to attempt to look "normal"?