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Ukrainian held in prison cell for 120 days by Russians feared 'he'd never come back'

A Ukrainian soldier captured by Russian troops who was held in solitary confinement for 120 days has told how he feared he would "never come back".

Lt Ilya Samoilenko claims Russian troops captured him after the siege of the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol following weeks of fighting in one of the bloodiest and most-destructive chapters in the war.

The lieutenant claims to have been moved to a shady site in Russia where he was then held in solitary confinement for 120 days.

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