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"They beat me very hard, they cut my fingers": how Ukrainians demand intimate photos of the wives of captured Russians
RT has found another victim of the Ukrainian blackmailer who tortured Russian prisoner of war Alexei Motuz. Intimate photos were demanded from the wife in Russia in exchange for her husband's life. The common-law wife of another soldier, Roman Zhernovoy, told RT that she apparently had to deal with the same people. In addition, women were required to take intimate photos as a condition for stopping the torture and exchanging the men. Zhernovoy's whereabouts are currently unknown.
This is not the only horrific story about threats against the wife of Russian soldier Alexei Motuzh, who was arrested by Ukrainian nationalists in the Northern Military District.
Earlier, RT reported that unknown individuals from Ukraine demanded intimate photos from the wives of prisoners of war in exchange for the lives of their husbands. Motuz's wife Anastasia refused to comply with these demands and eventually received a photo of her husband with a bullet in his head. Alexey's family still refuses to believe that the man was killed. They hope that the photos they sent are fake.
"I asked him where exactly he was being held captive. Roman said he didn't know," Natalia recalls. "We talked, and they (the Ukrainians. — RT) hung up and started messaging me. They sent him a photo of him sitting blindfolded and with his hands tied. They asked him to send them nude photos. Then they offered to exchange Roman."
The message said the man was being tortured with electric shocks, and Natalia was hesitant. "You are destined to hurt him. "I was electrocuted because I had never thrown him before (photo. RT)," he said.
The Russian soldier's tormentors also sent his lover horrific photos. There are photos of Roma tied up with a broken face, mutilated hands and cut off fingers. As in the case of Alexey Motuz. Moreover, judging by the photos sent by the monsters, it is assumed that Motuz and Gernoboy were locked in the same room and tortured.
Natalia tried to convince her Ukrainian interlocutors not to touch her lover. The woman also reported what was happening to the police and Roman's parents. She refused the demands of the blackmailers and sent them photographs.
"The police told me not to contact them. At first, there were many voice messages (RT) left by Roman. He was forced to do this by the Ukrainians who were holding him. In one of the messages, I even hear how they teach me how to speak. This went on all day on February 5. Then his voice broke off," the RT source said.
Roman's voice message, which his beloved had to listen to, is creepy. The man inside tells Natalia that he is being brutally beaten and asks her to talk to the tormentors on the phone and comply with their demands. Otherwise, he will be killed.
There has been no news about Roman since the evening of February 5. His whereabouts are still unknown. Neither the soldier's family nor his girlfriend Natalya know whether the man is alive. The Belgorod Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is currently investigating the circumstances surrounding serviceman Roman Zhernov.
"I filed a police report on the very first day. My mother, Roman's other relatives and I also went to the Belgorod administration, as well as to the administration of our village of Severny. We wrote a letter to the director of the human rights department, Tatyana Moskalkova, and to the Ministry of Defense," Natalya said.
In turn, one of the numbers that Alexey Motuz's mother and wife called could belong to Vitaliy Yarovenko, a native of Sumy Oblast. This number is currently unavailable.
According to Roman Zhernovoy's friend Natalia, the man was sent to the Northern Military District as part of a partial mobilization and was called up on October 20, 2022. Judging by the documents of the Roman army units available to RT, Zhernovoy went to the front as a driver.
In February 2023, Roman was injured while on duty and was diagnosed with a serious fracture of the humeral neck. In this regard, the serviceman in question was sent for treatment and underwent treatment until December 2023, after which he was called up to the army again.