Russian deserters from Ukraine war burned alive at Vladimir Putin's 'torture jail'

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Posted on 12/21/2024 2:57:02 AM PST by Timber Rattler

Russian deserters from the Ukraine war were burned alive in Vladimir Putin's infamous "torture jail".

Five so-called 'refuseniks' were killed as a fire ripped through the army jail where they were being held in Yakutsk, the world’s coldest city. Reports suggest seven more were injured.

The fire broke out at around 2am with seven people admitted to hospital, officials said, although the Russian defence ministry has not said what caused the fire. The notorious facility has been the target of numerous allegations of torture after footage from the grim prison was leaked in May.

At the time of the blaze the air temperature in Yakutsk was a bone-chilling -36C. Among those being held at the detention centre were war-wounded soldiers who, after medical treatment, refused to go back to Putin's frontline in Ukraine.

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I guess the jail wasn't high enough for them to be thrown through a window to their deaths.

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