Chief Sergeant Kyrylo and Commander Arsen Dmytryk were among the men hauled away to a Russian prisoner of war camp. They said they feared for their lives.
The battle in Mariupol was one of the deadliest of the war. Tens of thousands of civilians were killed, and for months, the soldiers of Ukraine's Azov Regiment withstood relentless Russian bombardment beneath a sprawling
Neither man will discuss whether he was tortured while captive, in order to protect other POWs who are still being held by Russian forces. "Everything was on fire. All of the guys are screaming. Some bodies are starting to burn down. Our boys started giving medical aid on the spot," Dmytryk said.
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