Bound, Beaten And Bruised: Ukrainian Villager Recounts Torture By Russian Troops

Oleksandr Kraskivskyi, head of the village of Zamhlay in Ukraine's Chernihiv region, says he tried to reason with occupying Russian troops but he ended up being bound, beaten, and held captive. Kraskivskyi believes he survived after explaining that he had served with the Soviet Army in Afghanistan.

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[MikeOxlong-]

That poor man. You can visibly see his PTSD. You can also tell he doesn’t care about his physical injuries, but it’s obvious that the mental stress and strain will live with him the rest of his life...
I sincerely hope that he gets counselling and some other more advanced CBT treatment, as I’m worried that he may end his own life due to this trauma... 👿

[susanharrisdemorales]

I hope this guy and all Ukranians who have suffered under these brutes get justice one day.

[priscillazietsman]

You can hear the trauma when he talks about what they did to him🥺🥺

[CC-myex]

This poor man being tortured by the Russians is sickening and my prayers go to this man Ukraine will win this war.
Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦
Glory to the BRAVE HEROES 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦

[morpher]

this is horrible. I feel for this man.

[augustaj]

Tragedy. Very sad to see the constant atrocities and aggressive behavior of Russian troops towards Ukranian civilians.
It will not be forgotten or forgiven.
This man is a hero 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraini!

[TattooedGranny]

Horrible. I am so glad he survived. Such a brave man.

[utemeyer]

what a brave man to go back to these places. But you can hear in his voice how bad he is hurt. Slava Ukraine! All the best from germany!

[seasoul]

His voice is shaking...
Heartbreaking 💔
Russia as a country will die or break in the end, im sure now

[kathryn]

So sorry that you had to go through this ordeal, you are a kind and brave man. 💙💛🕊️

[heathercraig]

You can hear the trauma in his voice😥😥

[rnsdm]

He is lucky to be in one piece. Those criminals do much more brutal practices from what I have heard from many sources. Stay free Ukraine and stay strong!

[RuleofFive]

So this is how the Russian Army "liberates" Ukraine?

[rolandpachuau]

He is a true hero he suffer torture from the russians for not giving the information they need a true leader 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

[oceanwaves]

It really makes me sick to my stomach how these soldiers have no hearts. Just think about everyone in Ukraine going through the same thing he did, think about the women and children being raped and some are pregnant by a demon. Russia should be ashamed of themselves. Every single barbarian must pay for these horrific war crimes 😡

[seasoul]

Украине желаю всем сердцем выйграть. Россию ждёт печальный конец.

[knightowl]

He had a stammer as a child, and it returns when he is remembering difficult times and is u stressed. I know because it happens to me. I hope he gets justice.

[fredrikh]

God bless you brave Ukrainian soldiers, and keep up your wonderful sense of humor in these hard times. My hate for Putin and Russia has reached a point where I hope they make the misstake to invade a NATO country. I would love to see the 32 NATO countries wipe out Russia, just like the allies wiped out Nazi-Germany. Russia would likely thrive into a prospoerous democratic country with happy citizens if they got rid of communism and dictatorship. Greetings from Sweden as proud new NATO members.

[bololo]

All my respect to this man, he is a true hero. It's horrible what he had to go through. I think support from all over the world and some nice words from us who heard his story might help him.

[jotage]

Videos like this should serve as a warning to the free peoples of the world, if they do not want to suffer something like this. This war must be won, if Ukraine falls, Russia will not stop. That is why the West has to be brave and arm Ukraine.