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Marina Perederii

BBC

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'Russians invaded my house and held a Ukrainian soldier captive there'

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Marina Perederii's home in the mining city of Vuhledar in eastern Ukraine was her pride and joy.

In February 2022 , Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine .

The next time she saw her home was a year later in February 2023 , through the eyes of a Russian soldier, in bodycam footage posted on social media.

But what the footage didn't show was that the Russians were keeping a Ukrainian soldier captive in Marina ’s basement, who was starving and in desperate need of medical care.

A BBC investigation from the World Service reveals how a family home in eastern Ukraine became the backdrop of three lives caught up in war.

The BBC World Service asked the Russian Ministry of Defence about Oleksii’s treatment but received no response.

State TV footage shows him re-enacting the Vuhledar assault and sharing his experiences with primary school children, where teachers present him as a hero.

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