The Anatomy of Torture
- Jul 21
- 1 min read
I had a very difficult time working on this analytical material. Doctors and nurses are supposed to help people, not torture them. Yes, I read about Dr. Mengele, who experimented on living people and killed them. I wanted to believe it wouldn't happen again. But the very first Ukrainians who returned from Russian captivity told of torture at the hands of medical personnel. We spent a long time gathering irrefutable facts. Once we had them, we decided to prepare this analytical report.
I'm not writing this to spread this information further. The Center for Civil Liberties has already done that. I have a question: How many Russians, ordered by their government to torture Ukrainians, refused to do so? Such people exist. It's 7-10%.
These people refused to carry out criminal orders. Most of them were forced to leave their jobs. All the rest agreed for the sake of keeping their jobs, their salaries, and their pensions. The Russian regime bound these people with mutual responsibility and bloodshed. Today, those who agreed to torture justify themselves: "They are fascists. We are doing what is right. There are enemies all around, and we are only defending ourselves." The authorities simply freed these people from the obligation to be human. And they readily agreed! What conclusions did I draw? A healthy society must strictly uphold the obligation to be human in everyone. Russian society is clearly sick.
A drawing by Sergei Ofitserov, who has been in Russian captivity for four years.
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