A Ukrainian military nurse who nursed soldiers in Mariupol in the eastern part of the country, where fierce fighting took place, and was captured by the Russian army for five months. He spoke of his harsh experiences and called for the release of the prisoners of war.
Victoria Obidina (28), a medic of the Ukrainian army, responded to NHK's online interview from Poland, where she had evacuated.
As a nurse, Obidina was nursing Ukrainian soldiers at the Azovstaari steelworks in eastern Mariupol, which had become a fierce battle. I was taken prisoner.
Obidina was with her four-year-old daughter, Alisa, at the steel mill, and posted a video on social media of Alisa saying, "I want to go home," to condemn the attack by the Russian military. It means that it caught the eye of the side and was detained.
Her daughter, Alisa, was allowed to evacuate, but Obidina has since been held at several locations, including the Olenivka prisoner-of-war camp in pro-Russian-held areas of the eastern Donetsk region. It means that he has been detained for months.
During that time, Obidina was reportedly repeatedly beaten by Russian soldiers to force her to reveal information about the Ukrainian military.
Obidina said of the situation at the time, "24 people were locked up in a room for six. They beat me in the ribs and strangled me to force me to reveal information. They didn't give me enough food and I was very thin." I was thin. Sometimes I was served food with cockroaches in it and lake water with small fish in it," he said of his harsh experience.
He added, "When we moved, we were told to run with our hands behind us with our eyes closed, and if we hit a wall, we were teased. He revealed the reality of the treatment of prisoners of war by the Russian army.
Obidina was later released when Ukraine and Russia exchanged prisoners of war in October this year. .
Obidina said, ``I was very happy.
She then said, ``I hope this war will end soon. rice field.