Overview

• A 33-year-old soldier identified as Vladyslav conveyed his account through a diary, with his wife and brother describing severe torture and mutilation of fellow prisoners.
• He reports being thrown into a pit with seven dead Ukrainians, cutting his bindings with a broken bottle, and crawling for five days before reaching Ukrainian lines on August 17.
• Medical staff in Dnipro say he suffered major blood loss and infected wounds, underwent surgery, and may recover his voice, though his condition remains serious.
• Key details remain unresolved, with his family citing capture near Pokrovsk in Donetsk while other reports reference the Kharkiv region.
• Ukraine’s Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets posted video showing Russian soldiers mocking Ukrainian POWs and warned of torture, underscoring concerns about Geneva Convention violations and limited independent verification.