Ukrainian ‘Cyborg’: ‘They Tried To Break Me, But It Didn’t Work’

Wednesday, August 19 , 2015 - 17:53 (EET) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

Ukrainian paratrooper Oleksandr Mashonkin was captured after the hellish fighting at the Donetsk airport in January — and thrust into another nightmare. The “cyborg,” who was released in a prisoner exchange after 197 days in captivity in Donetsk, says he and fellow prisoners were beaten with “pipes, stools, table legs” and even a cross wielded by a priest. …read more

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