An @AP investigation found 10 Russian torture sites in Izium, Ukraine, including a sunless pit, an underground jail, a clinic, a kindergarten and a police station. Russian torture was arbitrary, widespread and routine in Izium for soldiers and civilians. apne.ws/I4il5eZ

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Vasilisa Stepanenko

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Jul 7, 2022

Kharkiv. My hometown. Reporting from here is important for me. How people continue to live in a damaged North Saltivka is in our story.

FILE - An apartment building damaged by a Russian attack in Saltivka district in Kharkiv, Ukraine, July 5, 2022. As Russia's invasion of Ukraine grinds into its fifth month, some residents close to the front lines remain in shattered and nearly abandoned neighborhoods. One such place is Kharkiv's neighborhood of Saltivka, once home to about half a million people. Only perhaps dozens live there now, in apartment...

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Nearly 2 million Ukrainians refugees have been sent to Russia. Their journey starts not with a gun to the head, but with a poisoned choice: Die in Ukraine or live in Russia.

People from Mariupol and eastern Ukraine disembark from a train at the railway station in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, Thursday, April 7, 2022, to be taken to temporary residences in the region. About 500 refugees from the Mariupol area arrived in Nizhny Novgorod on a special train organized by Russia from eastern Ukraine, about 500 miles (800 kilometers) from the border. (AP Photo)

Famed Ukrainian medic describes 'hell' of Russian captivity

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The captive Ukrainian medic’s eyeglasses had long since been taken away, and the face of the Russian man walking past her was a blur.

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After Russian occupation, traumatized Ukrainian city emerges

Izium, in far eastern Ukraine, was among the first cities taken by Russian forces after the war started on Feb. 24 and became a command center for the occupying forces.

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Vasilisa Stepanenko

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May 4, 2022

"All the people are still under the rubble, because the rubble is still there – no one dug them up. This is one big mass grave." - Mariupol drama theatre survivor Oksana Syomina, said. Our investigation check now

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