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- Former Ukrainian prisoners of war said they were beaten, shocked, and not given enough food by Russia.
- They told the BBC that many Ukrainians gave false confessions because of the beatings.
- One said "Until you said what they were interested in ... they wouldn't stop beating you."
Ukrainian prisoners of war say they were beaten, given electric shocks, and deprived of food in Russian captivity — and that many Ukrainians ended up giving false confessions.
The BBC spoke a dozen Ukrainians who were captured by Russians and later freed in prisoner exchanges. They described brutal treatment.