Russian prison guards play a sick and twisted game with fresh Ukrainian prisoners of war.
Known as ‘admission’, guards at penal colonies and camps across Russia and Russian-occupied Ukraine will line up and beat up recent arrivals with anything at their disposal.
In a maelstrom of terror and pain, stun guns, batons, hardened boots and closed fists fly at those who were captured in the line of duty.
The aim of this sick ritual is to break Ukrainian prisoners, both physically and psychologically, to get them to spill their guts about military secrets and keep them compliant.
Overseeing the guards are an army of
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