An American Escapes Russian Intimidation In Ukraine

An American held captive by the Russians during the Ukraine invasion was rescued after being held captive since 2021.

Terry Gately is a minister from Texas. He went to Kherson, before the Russian invasion, to visit his girlfriend and do volunteer work. 

"They bag my head with a black bag, handcuffed me, put me in the van and started screaming at me in Russian," Gately said.    

He experienced first-hand the types of abuses by Russian authorities in occupied areas of Ukraine. Exposed in a new report from Human Rights Watch, and also a newly-declassified assessment from the U.S.' Director of National Intelligence, they document Russia's "arbitrary detention" of civilians and of torturing individuals in their so-called "filtration" camps.