A Ukrainian soldier is lucky to be alive after having his throat cut by Russian soldiers and being thrown into a pit.

33-year-old Ukrainian soldier Vladyslav, was in Russian captivity when he and his fellow soldiers were marched to a basement, had their throats slashed and were thrown into a pit, thought to be dead.

His wife, Viktoriia, told Ukrainska Pravda: ‘First, he was caught by one group, and then they were taken to a basement.

‘There were completely different soldiers there. There were two of them, and they tormented the prisoners.’

Some of the Ukrainian prisoners had their eyes gouged out. Others had their ears, genitals and noses cut off by the Russian soldiers.

After a lengthy torture, Vladyslav was the last to be thrown into a pit, thought to be dead. After the soldiers lef

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