Accounts of Russian torture emerge in liberated areas

BBC.com ^ | September 13, 2022 | Orla Guerin

[Timber Rattler]

In north-eastern Ukraine, a counter-offensive has seen the nation's forces recapture swathes of territory, and drive out Russian troops.

But in the newly-liberated areas, relief and sorrow are intertwined - as accounts emerge of torture and killings during the long months of Russian occupation.

Artem, who lives in the city of Balakliya in the Kharkiv region told the BBC he was held by Russians for more than 40 days, and was tortured with electrocution.

Balakliya was liberated on 8 September after being occupied for more than six months. The epicentre of the brutality was the city's police station, which Russian forces used as their headquarters.

Artem said he could hear screams of pain and terror coming from other cells.

The occupiers made sure the cries could be heard, he said, by turning off the building's noisy ventilation system.

"They turned it off so everyone could hear how people scream when they are shocked with electricity," he told us. "They did this to some of the prisoners every other day... They even did this to the women".

[ought-six]

“As long as you use the world “Soros”, I assume that you are working in your cubicle somewhere in Russia.”

That was not MY comment; I was RESPONDING to that comment. Look at the thread.

[kiryandil]

The Banderite choirboys in action in Galicia, WWII:

Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia

Nobody has clean hands in that part of the world.

I'm sure the Ukies didn't "unlearn" their Banderite heritage.

Warfare on the Eastern Front in WWII was some of the blackest stains on human history.

[MinorityRepublican]

That was not MY comment; I was RESPONDING to that comment. Look at the thread.

Pardon the friendly fire. Ha.

[Basket_of_Deplorables]

“Just like in Bucha...”

It’s a load of crap.

[SoConPubbie]

I guess you never read Solzhenitsyn’s “Gulag Archipelago,” which was NOT a novel as some communist deniers claimed. It has a literary flair to it, but is based on his own experiences in a gulag. Also, you can read Oleg Khlevniuk’s “History of the Gulag: From Collectivization to the Great Terror.” There are others. You can probably find a few on Amazon.

I'm not interested in the Soviet Era.

Either you have proof that Putin engaged in the same tactics or you do not.

Put up or shut-up!

[ought-six]

“I’m not interested in the Soviet Era. Either you have proof that Putin engaged in the same tactics or you do not. Put up or shut-up!”

Too funny! You lost the argument so now you change the rules!. I was responding to your post #6. You said nothing about Putin. You said nothing about the Soviet Era. You said, “BTW, please prove your ‘Russia is gulag culture’ without the use of the Soros-supported, Propaganda, Left-wing press.”

I responded directly to that. I gave you some sources that address Russian gulag culture, so you perhaps could read them. Clearly you are not interested in learning; rather you are just a typical blowhard prone to churlishness.

[SoConPubbie]

too funny! You lost the argument so now you change the rules!. I was responding to your post #6. You said nothing about Putin. You said nothing about the Soviet Era. You said, “BTW, please prove your ‘Russia is gulag culture’ without the use of the Soros-supported, Propaganda, Left-wing press.”

No, what you did was try to make a apply the past of Russia (Soviet Era) to the current era.

Completely dishonest by you.

[DUMBGRUNT]

—”Once again, the NBC, a paragon of objectivity, and a trusted news source.”

Yo vatnick!!!

Guessing your English is not so good?

It should be noted that you have the WRONG news organization.

[ought-six]

“No, what you did was try to make a apply the past of Russia (Soviet Era) to the current era. Completely dishonest by you.”

Nice try, Sparky. Do you even know what GULAG means? It is merely an acronym for “Main directorate of correctional camps.” It refers to the administrative body of the penal system; it does not mean “prison” or “camp.” While the acronym is no longer used, the penal apparatus still exists, including prisons and penal colonies; and, yes, there is still forced labor in the Russian penal system.

We are talking about “gulag CULTURE,” which was YOUR term. That CULTURE remains (prisons, penal colonies, forced labor), regardless of what name you wish to apply to it.

[canuck_conservative]

You sound like you’re about 5 years old

[ganeemead]

"You sound like you’re about 5 years old"