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‘They wanted to break me’: Ukrainian POWs describe sexual torture in Russian captivity

Ammar Anwer
 28.07.2026, 16:52
Russia is systematically using sexual torture against Ukrainian prisoners to humiliate and psychologically break them, WSJ reported. Oleksandr Magula/Suspilne Ukraine/JSC
Russia is systematically using sexual torture against Ukrainian prisoners to humiliate and psychologically break them, WSJ reported. Oleksandr Magula/Suspilne Ukraine/JSC "UA:PBC"/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images.

Former detainees told The Wall Street Journal that Russia was using sexual abuse as a ‘weapon of war.’