(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 19 - A 16-year-old Ukrainian boy told the British newspaper Guardian that he was held hostage by Russian soldiers for 90 days and witnessed the torture inflicted by the Moscow military against other prisoners held in nearby cells to his.
The young man, Vladislav Buryak, who was 'separated' from his family on 8 April at a roadblock while trying to flee the Russian-besieged city of Melitopol, was released after months of negotiations between his father, Oleg, an official. local Ukrainian, and Russian soldiers, who wanted to exchange Vladislav with a person of greater interest in the Russian army.
In his report on the imprisonment, the violent interrogations and ill-treatment inflicted - even with brutal abuse - on the detainees by Russian separatist and pro-Russian forces are cited.
The boy's memories are dramatic: "They made me wash the floor of the room they used for interrogations, as well as clean the agents' rooms and throw away their garbage - he said -. The cell where I was locked up was a few meters from where the interrogations. I could hear people screaming and when I cleaned the room I saw blood stains. "
(HANDLE).