“I nuovi metodi di tortura non mi sorprendevano più”, dice il marine liberato dalla prigionia. Il suo fratello gemello resta trattenuto.

Vladyslav was released from Russian captivity, but his twin brother Stanislav remains held. The Chuhuienko brothers defended Mariupol together. After their city was occupied, they were sent to different prisons and never saw each other again. Frontliner tells the story of 26-year-old marine Vladyslav Chuhuienko, who spent 1,227 days in captivity and is now learning to live in a world that has changed while he was imprisoned.

Vladyslav returned home on Aug. 14, 2025, along with several comrades from his battalion, other defenders of Mariupol, and dozens of civilians held captive by the Kremlin. Stanislav was not there.

“*I was convinced that my brother and I would be exchanged together. But he did not come out that day. It was tough,*” says Vladyslav.

See more photos and read article here: [https://frontliner.ua/en/new-methods-of-torture-no-longer-surprised-me-says-marine-released-from-captivity/](https://frontliner.ua/en/new-methods-of-torture-no-longer-surprised-me-says-marine-released-from-captivity/)

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