I was detained by FSB officers and former security officials of the SBU, the Ukrainian security service, who had been working for Ukraine but switched sides and joined the invader.
Investigators from Moscow were in charge of the torture. It was Burdin, an operative, and the assistant Oleksandr. They were in charge of the torture, but the actual torture was carried out by the former SBU, the Ukrainian secret service officers who were eager to demonstrate their loyalty to the new occupation regime.
Specifically about the use of electric shock, they would wrap a damp cloth around my genitals, then wrap a wire over the cloth, and, using a device that looked like a field telephone, they would turn the handle and give me electric shocks, alternating as such. That was causing me excruciating pain that could not be tolerated. Then they would strip me naked, put me in uncomfortable positions, and threaten me with sexual assault. They would run a police club over my body, and then take a hot soldering iron while telling me in a twisted way what will happen when it ends up inside me, and what will happen after that, when I remain in prison for another 20 years, and what the other prisoners will do to me after this. This was very frightening.
Thank you.