Political prisoner Yaroslav Zhuk, who was abducted by invaders in Melitopol in June, is now in a pre-trial detention center in Simferopol. He stated that he was being tortured. This is reported by the Graty with reference to the man’s statement to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.
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Yaroslav said that during the abduction on June 17 in Melitopol, he was attacked by an armed man, who began to beat him, he was handcuffed and a bag was put over his head.
“After that, he and some other people unknown to me brought me to some basement, probably in Melitopol. I was kept in this room for about a week. I can’t say for sure, because I lost consciousness from torture. All this week I was with a bag on my head, rewound with tape. Almost every half an hour people unknown to me came and tortured me. They electrocuted, applied wires to my legs, arms, genitals, earlobes and nipples”,- he said.
For the first three days, the handcuffs were not removed from him, his hands were chained behind his back. Later, the handcuffs were cut off by a grinder. During the week, the volunteer was not fed, given only one sip of water per day.
“After that, I did not recover the sensitivity of the fingers of both hands. I was also regularly beaten on the head, after which I partially lost my hearing. Under torture, I was forced to incriminate myself. When I agreed, unable to endure the torture, I was blindfolded and transferred to another room without electricity and water, where they gave me to sign a printed confession on a fabricated case”,- said Zhuk.