Книга The Captivity (9786175519370)

For 86 days, the Ukrainian military held defenses in the surrounded Mariupol and
on the territory of the Azovstal plant. In order to preserve the lives of the
soldiers and save the wounded, the defenders—by order of the higher military
command—stopped standing on the defensive, left the territory of the plant and
were to surrender to the so-called "honorable captivity" in the presence of
international organizations and observers, with the condition of exchange within
3-4 months. Valeriya "Nava" Subotina was part of the press service of the "Azov"
regiment. She was enforced to stay in captivity—first in Olenivka, then in
Taganrog prison—for over 11 months. In this book, Valeriya described all the
circles of hell that she went through for almost a year. Constant surveillance,
control, humiliation, inhumane conditions of detention, critical shortage of
food and water, attempts of the enemy to break her physically and morally,
subjugate her, intimidate her, and push her to treason—Valeriya had to
experience all these. Interrogations and torture were exhausting. The
impossibility of getting in touch with friends and relatives, misinformation and
enemy propaganda would take away the last hope for exchange and freedom.
Nevertheless, captivity did not break the intrepid woman; now she is a witness
to the crimes of the Russian Federation.