Ukrainian POWs used as human footballs by Russian captors in grim prison game
Ukrainian POWs are being used as human footballs by Russian captors in a sinister prison game used as a brutal torture technique on captured troops.
Former prisoners of a detention camp in Taganrog, Russia, spoke out on the Vladimir Putin-led military men using Ukrainians as "footballs".
They allege the Russian guards were initially overheard talking about football, but it was soon revealed the game was a series of "constant kicks" aimed at the POWs.
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Former prisoner Artem Dyblenko claimed the horrid game was ongoing at the prison and would see inmates consistently beaten with chairs, batons and blunt instruments beyond the harsh football plan.
Mr Dyblenko, a sergeant major in the Ukraine 36th Marine Brigade, said: "'There were constant kicks. You did feel like a football."
It is believed several Ukrainians were killed at the facility, which has since seen some suffer heart attacks or continued severe trauma from their treatment.
Uninterested prison staff and doctors are on hand and leave the prisoners unattended when they are in need of medical attention, Daily Mail reported.
The site, named Pre-Trial Detention Facility Number Two, was previously used as a storage spot for rough Russian prisoners, with the nondescript building once holding worst of the worst from Russian life within it.
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Now, the likes of Artem Seredniak, a captured sniper platoon leader, is warning of how the guards in the prison "hammered you like a nail" and beat you senseless.
The 27-year-old claimed he was a "prime target" for torment when he was captured and had to face off against guards jolting him with electric shock devices.
He claims he was stripped to his underwear and thrown into an interrogation chamber where the devices were planted on his neck, back and groin.
Another horrific alleged incident within the prison saw a Ukrainian soldier smash a mirror and attempt to slit his own throat before fellow inmates stopped the bleeding.
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