Il sole è tramontato su Kiev nel 1431° giorno dell’invasione su vasta scala. Dopo essere stato arrestato dagli occupanti per la sua lealtà all’Ucraina, Dmytro, 20 anni, si è tagliato il monitor alla caviglia ed è fuggito dalla Crimea di notte

In temporarily occupied Crimea, Russian security forces routinely pursue residents for their pro-Ukrainian stance, fabricating charges, exerting pressure, intimidating families and restricting their freedom of movement. Despite this, a generation of young Ukrainians is choosing resistance over submission and life under the Russian flag. Dmytro Haievskyi was held for a month in pre-trial detention (SIZO) without explanation. 

“*I was standing there in my slippers, wearing shorts, getting ready for breakfast,*” he recalls of his last morning at home in March 2024. Two police officers entered his house and without any explanation led him straight to a car. He was then taken to the Simferopol pre-trial detention center (SIZO) and charged with the allegedly “illegal” purchase of a ticket to leave Crimea, an offense defined under the rules imposed by the Russian occupation authorities. 

Then just 20 years old, Dmytro spent one month and three days in a cell. He shared it with former fighters from the Wagner private military company who had been convicted of serious crimes. 

“*I thought I would die there if they found out what my case was about,”* he says. The formal pretext for his detention was the allegedly “illegal” purchase of a ticket. At the same time, according to Dmytro, security officers suspected him of “treason”. 

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