4 d. ago Electric shocks, starvation, sick surgical experiments... and brutal castration: Horror stories from bloodied survivors of Putin's savage conveyor belt of torture

Earlier this year, a soldier known only as Vladyslav was taken prisoner along with seven others. Their Russian captors sliced off their genitals, gouged out their eyes and cut off their ears, noses and lips.

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7 d. ago Ukrainian soldier watched comrades' genitals be sliced before miraculously escaping mass grave

A Ukrainian soldier has recalled the gruesome torture he and his comrades suffered at the hands of Putin's goons before he was forced to crawl for five days to escape

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7 d. ago Hero Ukrainian soldier has his throat cut and is buried alive by Russian torturers before crawling to safety for FIVE DAYS as he describes comrades being castrated and having eyes gouged out

The 33-year-old National Guard serviceman, identified only as Vladislav, was captured earlier this month near the city of Pokrovsk after Russian forces overran his unit's position.

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1 week ago A wartime mass grave in Sri Lanka yields a baby bottle, children's clothes and 141 skeletons

A baby bottle, a squeaky toy and a schoolbag are among items that have surfaced from a mass grave site in Sri Lanka’s formerly war-torn northern region, along with 141 human skeletons including some that appear to be of children of different ages

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2 w. ago Surfer miraculously escapes shark attack that left board torn in half

Eyewitnesses said that the surfer was launched into the air during the early morning attack at a popular beach in Australia

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2 w. ago Iraq starts excavation of large mass grave left by Islamic State

Iraqi officials have begun excavating a suspected mass grave left by the Islamic State extremist group

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2 w. ago Mass grave of 39 murdered people found as cops thought smell was 'huge gas leak'

A mass grave was uncovered in the Dominican Republic after police first thought it was a gas leak caused by fuel leakage, with signs suggesting the bodies were buried for some time

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3 w. ago Driver has miracle escape after train obliterates van stuck on level crossing

A driver had miraculous escape after a high-speed train slammed into his van when it got stuck on a level crossing after running a red light.

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