Victoria Obidina

A view of the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine

‘I thought we were going to die’: A Ukrainian woman speaks out about her ordeal as a prisoner of war

November 10, 2022Ukraine

Victoria Obidina was among a group of women who were taken as prisoners by the Russian military from the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol in May. Obidina was held captive for six months before being released last month as part of a prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine.

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