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Stanislav Aseyev

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Ukrainian journalist, writer, founder Justice Initiative Fund, veteran of the Russian-Ukrainian war. Spent 2.5 years in Russian secret torture camp Izolyatsia (Isolation).

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Stanislav Aseyev @stanislavaseyev.bsky.social · Nov 12

So, the main book of my life - "The Torture Camp on Paradise Street" - is available for purchase at the link below. There is no fictional plot in it: it is a non-fiction book describing the events in the Russian concentration camp "Izolyatsia" in Donetsk.
books.huri.harvard.edu/books/the-tort…

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Stanislav Aseyev @stanislavaseyev.bsky.social · 20h

I love Oslo:)

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Stanislav Aseyev @stanislavaseyev.bsky.social · 1d

"Western intelligence have evidence that Russia discussing NATO attack, says EU defense commissioner".

As I said yesterday: our only hope lies in the professionals in the European intelligence services.

Western intelligence have evidence that Russia discussing NATO attack, says EU defense commissioner - Euromaidan Press

EU Defense Commissioner Kubilius says Ukraine's startup-based defense industry offers NATO members critical lessons in drone warfare and rapid innovation.

euromaidanpress.com

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Stanislav Aseyev @stanislavaseyev.bsky.social · 2d

"Drones over Poland;

MiG fighters traversing Estonian airspace;

telecom cables damaged deep beneath the Baltic Sea;

airports paralysed by cyber-attacks and quadcopters;

mysterious explosions and assassinations;

bot swarms pumping out propaganda to disrupt elections":

Vladimir Putin is testing the West—and its unity

NATO must resist Russia’s efforts to corrode it from within

www.economist.com

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Stanislav Aseyev @stanislavaseyev.bsky.social · 2d

Too many people here own homes, cars, and businesses to believe such a thing...

Our only hope is that professionals in the European intelligence services are capable of conveying the true state of affairs to the leaders of their countries.
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Stanislav Aseyev @stanislavaseyev.bsky.social · 2d

...for the May holidays right before the Russian invasion.

But I also realized something else: most people can't be convinced of these things until they happen.

That's where the questions about international law for prisoners come from, given your story about wires tied to your body.
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Stanislav Aseyev @stanislavaseyev.bsky.social · 2d

- let the regular army fight” doesn’t work;
that the Russians are capable of opening a front in the Baltic states, even while being bogged down near a village in Donbas.

After all, it was foolish not to learn from Ukraine's mistakes; its leadership called for preparations...
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Stanislav Aseyev @stanislavaseyev.bsky.social · 2d

and now - most likely - even the Czech Republic might decide that it’s not worth going to war for Estonia or Lithuania; that spending months arguing about how to change the laws just to be able to shoot down a Russian drone over Munich was madness;
that the philosophy of “I paid my taxes...
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Stanislav Aseyev @stanislavaseyev.bsky.social · 2d

that civilian airports could be paralyzed; that hundreds of Russian drones could suddenly launch from trucks in Germany and France - just like Ukrainian ones did in Russia.

They can’t imagine that the U.S. might call for negotiations, or that Hungary, Slovakia, Turkey,
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Stanislav Aseyev @stanislavaseyev.bsky.social · 2d

...strongly resembles the mood in Europe today.

People here simply can't imagine that an internet cable in The Baltic Sea could be destroyed and Northern Europe will be without internet; that missiles could strike military bases currently being watched by Russian reconnaissance drones;
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Stanislav Aseyev @stanislavaseyev.bsky.social · 2d

And then, a week later, at four in the morning, through the sound of Russian missile explosions, I asked in confusion, "What is this?" And over the phone, he simply said, "This is war."

This feeling of endless peace and stability - the belief that nothing can truly go wrong... -
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Stanislav Aseyev @stanislavaseyev.bsky.social · 2d

I joked that it's not great, since I don't have any of that, but I also don't believe in an invasion, since the concentrated Russian forces were not enough to occupy Ukraine and take Kyiv, and Putin is an experienced KGB man and should understand this.
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Stanislav Aseyev @stanislavaseyev.bsky.social · 2d

A week before the invasion, my friend asked me:

- I don't believe there will be an invasion, but I have a question: maybe that's because I have my own house, car, and business, and I can't believe it could all end in one day? You don't have any of this - how do you assess the situation?".
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Stanislav Aseyev @stanislavaseyev.bsky.social · 4d

And the only thing you need to know in Russian captivity is how to minimize the electric shocks during interrogation.
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Stanislav Aseyev @stanislavaseyev.bsky.social · 4d

Dear friends and fellow journalists, please understand: in the case of the Russians, we are not dealing with the civilized part of humanity.

We are dealing with those who are returning the tortured body of Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna, missing her brain, eyeballs, and trachea.
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Stanislav Aseyev @stanislavaseyev.bsky.social · 4d

In London, I was asked:
- Can knowledge of international law help Ukrainian soldiers in captivity?

I replied that the answer to your question is the topic of one of my lectures, namely, "Characteristics of victim behavior during torture interrogation."
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Stanislav Aseyev @stanislavaseyev.bsky.social · 6d

I am deeply grateful to The Ukrainian Institute London for the invitation.

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Stanislav Aseyev @stanislavaseyev.bsky.social · 7d

I'm 36 today.
If you'd like to see more Ukrainian birds in the Russian sky, you can donate to PayPal:

[email protected]

All proceeds will be donated to our military.
Thanks in advance)

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Stanislav Aseyev @stanislavaseyev.bsky.social · 11d

Wstrząsająca relacja ukraińskiego jeńca. "Donieckie Dachau" – DW – 26.09.2025

Stanisław Asiejew* przez ponad dwa i pół roku był więźniem separatystów samozwańczej Donieckiej Republiki Ludowej i napisał o tym książkę. Jest też weteranem trwającej od 24 lutego 2022 roku wojny Ros...

www.dw.com

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Stanislav Aseyev @stanislavaseyev.bsky.social · 13d

Frankly, I'm surprised he's still alive after he said that Putin's regime ended when Prigozhin and Wagner announced their march on Moscow.

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Stanislav Aseyev @stanislavaseyev.bsky.social · 15d

I can only repeat: the number of Russian drones in EU airspace will increase in proportion to the concern about these drones.

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Stanislav Aseyev @stanislavaseyev.bsky.social · 17d

Yura and I shared a cell in the Donetsk prison after Izolyatsia.
He was one of those people I barely recognized after his release.
I'm glad he's finally free.

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 22d

Yurii Shapovalov,a Ukrainian doctor from Donetsk region,spent more than 7yrs in Russian captivity

He worked as a neurologist for 25yrs.Due to personal circumstances,he didn’t leave Donetsk after the city was seized by Russian forces.Security forces detained Yurii in 2018 on charges of "spying for🇺🇦"

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Stanislav Aseyev @stanislavaseyev.bsky.social · 22d

The book is in the top five most read Ukrainian books published by HURI (Harvard).
Translation into Georgian and Czech is in preparation.

Link below:
books.huri.harvard.edu/books/the-to...

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Stanislav Aseyev @stanislavaseyev.bsky.social · 28d

I assure you: in Moscow now laughing in exactly the same way at tweets of Western politicians about Poland - just as in the video Hitler mocks Roosevelt, who demands guarantees that Germany will not attack a number of countries already occupied by it.

Hitler Mocking Roosevelt’s 1939 Letter

YouTube video by Hidden History Shorts X

m.youtube.com

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Stanislav Aseyev @stanislavaseyev.bsky.social · 28d

The number of Russian drones in EU airspace will increase in proportion to the concern about these drones.

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Stanislav Aseyev @stanislavaseyev.bsky.social · Sep 6

- What, in your opinion, has become the most terrible thing during the period of full-scale war with Russia?
- Izolyatsia has become commonplace.

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