A Ukrainian army medic was captured by Russian troops, raped in custody, and put on trial for terrorism. Her sons ended up on opposite sides of the war. Here’s what happened to her family.
Liliia Prutian is a Ukrainian from the Donbas, a former military medic with the Aidar Battalion, and a mother of three sons. After the full-scale invasion began, she endured rape and captivity. Her oldest son served in Ukraine’s armed forces, her middle son joined the Russian army, and her youngest was stranded in occupied territory as a teenager and spent three years surviving there on his own.…
Liliia Prutian, a Ukrainian army medic from the Donbas, was captured and sexually assaulted by Russian soldiers. Prutian had three sons, each with a different fate in the war. Her eldest son served in the Ukrainian military, her middle son joined the Russian army, and the youngest was stranded in occupied territory for three years.
Prutian was initially held in captivity, then tried for terrorism and released after a prisoner swap. Her middle son, deeply affected by complications from his diabetes, later enlisted in the Russian army. After her release, Prutian sought to locate her youngest son, eventually helping him escape to Belarus and later Poland. Despite the challenges, Prutian and her now-adult sons have reunited in Dnipro, with Prutian continuing her work for the Ukrainian army and her sons pursuing new paths in life.
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