One aspect of the Russian invasion was the creation of a massive filtration system that resulted in the detention, interrogation and forced deportation of hundreds of thousands - if not more than a million - of Ukrainians.. One of these Ukrainians was Igor Talalay, testifying to an experience of brutal interrogation, appalling conditions, and arbitrary detention by the occupiers.. He spent three months in a filtration camp in the Donetsk region and talked about what happens to Ukrainians who get there and what life turns into when you get out of there. The Insider and Pulitzer Prize-winning American publicist Anthony Del Col adapted his story into a comic called 88 Days of Hell..

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“One of the prisoners was a military man who participated in the battles near Donetsk in 2016. He returned to the army after the start of this invasion, his hands and feet were wetted with water and electrical wires were pressed against them... But he woke up every day with a smile on his face. The other was a Territorial Defense soldier sunk into depression.. I kept telling him to hold on to the positive. He thanked me for helping. And when he walked, he said that he would let my mother know that I was still alive.. We all talked about our lives. And about what we will eat when we get free..

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In the job description, some statistics are mentioned: according to the US State Department, until July of this year, Russia interrogated, detained or deported from 900,000 to 1.6 million citizens of Ukraine. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has verified the existence of checkpoints and the "

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