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    Screams from Russia's alleged torture basements still haunt Ukraine's Kherson

    These are just some of the chilling accounts from Ukrainians in Kherson after 8 1/2 months under Russian occupation.
    by Jason Beaubien Nov 18, 2022 3 minutes
    A burned cot in a police station in Kherson on Wednesday. Kherson residents say Russians used the police station to detain and torture violators of curfew and people suspected of collaborating with Ukrainian authorities.

    KHERSON, Ukraine — Just talking in Ukrainian could get them arrested and even tortured, residents say. Displaying a Ukrainian flag was out of the question. They say they suffered daily indignities and lived in fear during the Russian occupation of this southern Ukrainian city.

    "People didn't go into the streets," except to buy basics like food, says Maryna Zinevych, a 54-year-old who's lived in Kherson all her life. "We were under constant pressure, constant watch."

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