
Years of torture, abuse in Russian captivity take shocking toll on Ukrainian POWs
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In almost two years of Russian captivity, former Ukrainian marine Vladyslav Zadorin lost 60 kilograms — half his body weight — along with his gallbladder and nearly his toes. He returned ho