"On October 6, 2022, Tamara, 54, had boarded a minibus that was ultimately blown to pieces on a bridge by a misdirected Ukrainian missile. His brother left for a Russian camp on the day she died. Now 16 and living in Mykolaiv, studying in a college to become a car mechanic and working part time in a pizzeria, Ihnatov has spoken to Al Jazeera about life in occupied Ukraine."
"According to Ihnatov, other witnesses and rights groups, Ukrainians were mistreated, assaulted, abducted and tortured from day one. Russia regularly denies intentionally harming civilians. They beat people, a real lot, Ihnatov said. Those who really stood up are no more. Plastic ties used for torture and a broken chair are seen in a basement of an office building where Ukrainian prosecutors said 30 people were held for two months during the Russian occupation of Kherson, Ukraine"
Evhen Ihnatov, a teenage resident of Kherson, lost his mother when a minibus was blown apart by a misdirected Ukrainian missile on October 6, 2022, while his brother was taken to a Russian camp the same day. Russian forces occupied Kherson in early March 2022 and withdrew in November, during which time residents experienced beatings, abductions, torture and other mistreatment according to witnesses and rights groups. Ihnatov survived the occupation with fear, denial of Russian things and dark humour. He now lives in Mykolaiv, trains as a car mechanic, works part-time in a pizzeria and may join the army after graduation.
Read at www.aljazeera.com
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