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Ukrainian businessman and university professor in a town on the outskirts of Kib, Oleg Moscarenko was taken to prisonerby Russian troopsin early March and tortured. I was asked. A week before he was released in the middle of the forest and eventually found a way back to safety.
Moskalenko, 53, elaborated on this challenge in an interview with Fox News Digital in Warsaw, Poland. left foot.
Oleg Moskalenko, 53, right after him I was taken to a German hospital. (Oleg Moskalenko)
When the warbroke out on February 24, Moskalenko and his family were initially in their village. I wanted to stay. Severynivka, but after his neighbor's house was destroyed in an explosion on March 3, and as the fight approached, Moskalenko had to take him to Poland where they might be safe. I knew it wouldn't be.
"I have decided that I have to move my family and friends from Ukraine. We all go to the Polish border with a visa," Moscarenko said. rice field. "After that, I'm going home because I want to bring clothes, important things, and documents from the border with Poland."
March 7,Kyiv {42 When he returned to his home near }, he was attacked by a Russian soldier.
"They were really aggressive. They took me out of the car. They hand-locked me," Moscarenko said.
The Russians put a bag on his head to hide anything and drove him to the base they set up.
"They put me in a hole in the ground, it was about 2 meters deep," Moscarenko said. Freezing temperature.
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The next two days, the Russians took him out of the pit every few hours, hit him with the rifle's butt, and questioned him with his fingers cut off.
"They are yelling at me.'Are you a nationalist?'" "No, I'm not a nationalist, but I'm a Ukrainian. I. "I love the country," said Moscarenko.
"They asked me," Okay, you're aUkrainian soldierExactly I'm doing a survey here because I want to know where it is, "I tell them. Hi everyone, I'm not a military man. I am a civilian. I am driving a car. I don't know any secret information. My information, my answer-it doesn't help them at all.
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Two days below freezing After the torture, the Russians took Moscarenko out of the pit and carried it to a nearby building. So they put him underground and left him with a few other Ukrainian prisoners. He stayed in the damp basement for about five days as the wounds on his hands began to rot and the frost stings on his feet turned black.
The Russian finally put the bag on his head again, driving Moscarenko and another Ukrainian about 40-60 km, and then releasing them in the middle of the forest.
Moscarenko could hardly walk because of the frost on his feet, but the building that could warm up near the stove is about 2-3 km away. I found Another Ukrainian prisoner found a vehicle that broke down but was able to run it. They drove it until they found a post with a Ukrainian soldier.
These Ukrainian soldiers immediately called an ambulance and took Moscarenko to a Fastive hospital. A few days later, on March 17, he was banished to Moldova, where he was airlifted to thehospital in Munich, Germany, where he underwent extensive surgery on his limbs.
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Moscarenko is now in Poland, approaching his family and undergoing more rehabilitation. The online shop selling his pre-war auto parts has been completely closed.
His lifelong best friend, Dmitriy Voskoboynik, is from Ukraine but moved to the United States in 1993 to fund Moskalenko's medical expenses and the basic needs of his family. Launched Go Fund Me to raise.
Nadiya Trubchaninova, 70, is a plastic bag containing the body of her son, Vadym Trubchaninov, 48, who was killed by a Russian soldier in Bucha. Sitting next to April 12, 2022, suburbs of Kiv, Ukraine. (AP Photo / Rodrigo Abd)
Ukrainian soldiers recover April 12, 2022, Ukrainian The bodies of four civilians killed from inside a car burnt by Bucha. (AP / Felipedana)
Ukrainian soldiers in destruction A Russian tank in Bucha, Ukraine, April 13, 2022. {1 63} (AP / Felipe Dana)
Moskalenko's story , Just one of the countless disturbing explanations. It came out of Ukraine in the last four and a half months.
United Nations High Commissioner for Human RightsMichelle Bashlet said this week her office identified 270 cases of "arbitrary detention" by Russian troops.
"Daily killings, widespread destruction, arbitrary detention, and mass expulsion have put civilians under the brunt of seemingly endless hostility," Braschlete said. Said on Tuesday.
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Moscarenko's Severinifka village is southwest Is only 20 miles away. After the Russian troops withdrew from the outskirts of Kib in early April,more than 400 civilians were found in a large number of tombs.
Several international agencies, including the United Nations Human Rights Council and the International Criminal Court, are investigating Russian war crimes.
Paul Best is a FoxNews Digital reporter. Story tips can be sent toPaul.best@fox.comand Twitter (@KincaidBest).