Russia has coerced thousands of Ukrainian prisoners of war into making propaganda videos denouncing their leaders and country, according to a UN report. The videos are recorded in a detention system found to be systematically abusive, with 96% of prisoners reporting torture or mistreatment. The consequences follow prisoners home, as seen when a village refused to bury a soldier who had been forced to make such a video. Some former prisoners have been prosecuted using these videos, while others face social stigma and division within their communities.
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