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"On the second floor, they had a dormitory for the Russian military; between deployments, they stayed there. Young girls would be woken up at night and taken from their cells to the second floor. When they returned, they cried,” said Lyudmila."
UN Women – HeadquartersInside Izolyatsia: Lyudmila Huseynova’s story of survival, leadership and support for Ukraine’s women | UN Women – HeadquartersLyudmila is from Novoazovsk, a Ukrainian border city temporarily occupied by Russia. She cared for orphaned and semi-orphaned children until she was detained in October 2019. Her refusal to accept Russian control led to her arrest, followed by more than three years of detention and torture. In a recent UN Women interview, Lyudmila recounted the torture and systematic sexual violence against Ukrainian women by Russian authorities.