“You are Russians now; you’ll be issued passports.” Forced transfer of Ukrainian prisoners from Kherson to Russia amidst military retreat
Art: Boris Khmelny / Mediazona As the Russian Army retreated from Kherson in the autumn of 2022, they mysteriously took with them inmates from local prisons, about two thousand of them. The reasons remain elusive. After enduring extended, grueling periods of hunger, humiliation, and beatings, they found themselves in Russian prisons.