Grytsuk was tortured to death in Russian captivity. He endured nearly a year-and-a-half at Detention Center No. 2 in Vyazma, western Russia, a prison turned into a death camp.
Refusing to speak Russian, he was brutally beaten daily, and Putin's torturers tore out his toenails, and starved him until the 180-cm-tall man lost over 60 kg.
The mutilated body of this Ukrainian soldier, reduced to under 50 kg and marked with the savage signs of torture, has returned home, leaving his wife shattered and haunted by the ghastly sight.
Grytsuk was captured by Russian forces in April 2022. In January 2024, his family was informed that his body would be brought back to Ukraine.
"When we arrived in Kyiv on January 25 to identify the body, I was shocked by what I saw. It was a very horrible sight. I was particularly struck by how thin the body was," said his wife.
Torture and survival in Russian captivity
Medical professionals confirmed that the man's body weighed less than 50 kg. His wife noted that before his capture, he weighed 110 kg and was 180 cm tall. She observed bruises and torn toenails on his body, indicating severe torture.
"His fellow prisoners later told me how he was mistreated," she recounted. "They beat him every day. They beat him either in the cell or outside. They beat brutally, especially my husband. Because he was tall, handsome and did not want to speak Russian."
Grytsuk was held at Detention Center No. 2 in Vyazma, a seemingly unremarkable prison notorious for the torture of Ukrainian POWs.
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