Vladyslav Yosypenko, a freelance employee of Radio Freedom, detained in Crimea, was tortured with electricity for two days. Thus, the first confessions were obtained from him. This was announced via his Facebook page by journalist Anton Naumliuk.
“Today we learned that Vladyslav Yosypenko, who was detained in Crimea by FSB officers on March 10, was tortured with electricity for two days. They put something on his head, connected the current and gradually increased it when he got used to it. Thus, they received his first confessions, which later they also recorded in an interview on Crimea24”,- the message said.
Naumliuk noted that this was reported by a source in the pre-trial detention center, who himself spoke with Yosypenko and who had never let him down before.
We remind that on March 10, 2021, in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation detained a citizen of Ukraine Vladyslav Yosypenko. According to preliminary information, Yosypenko was detained in connection with his political views after attending a rally on the occasion of Taras Shevchenko's birthday, which took place in Simferopol on March 9, 2021. On March 12, the so-called Kyiv District Court of Simferopol, controlled by the occupation authorities of the Russian Federation in Crimea, made a decision to take Yosypenko into custody for a period of 2 months – until May 11. The detainee is accused of committing a crime under Part 1 of Article 223.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation – illegal manufacture, processing or repair of firearms, their main parts (with the exception of limited firearms), as well as illegal manufacture of ammunition.