Hair-son: The detention centers were converted into a jail for suspected collaborators, guerrillas, spies. He says the types of interrogation under torture that he heard about personally was electric shock. "It was horrifying," hair-son said.
On the morning Russia invaded Ukraine, we called Yulya and Kurii. A year later, we’re calling them back.
This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King. Additional production help from Mykola Polosin in Kyiv.
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