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

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67% Informative

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 and she fled her home.

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.

In all he spent 46 days in Marina ’s house and for much of that time he had barely any food or water.

Injured, starving and dehydrated, he was unable to leave the building.

Oleksii says he wouldn’t have made it.

A BBC Eye investigation from the World Service reveals how a family home in eastern Ukraine became the backdrop of three lives caught up in war: the fleeing homeowner, the starving prisoner and the Russian soldier.

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

VR Score

58

Informative language

48

Neutral language

64

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

30

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

2

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