No Time To Heal: the psychological rehabilitation of a Ukrainian soldier after Russian captivity

Ukrainian soldiers are sent to The Forest Glade – Ukraine’s first centre for the treatment of psychological trauma – before returning to the frontline. After spending over three years in Russian captivity following the battle for Mariupol, 25-year-old Kyrylo Chuvak spends three weeks at the centre, a brief opportunity for rehabilitation. Hidden in the pines near Kyiv, this modest building offers soldiers psychological therapy as well as tango, archery, guided breathing, medieval games and qui...

By Ksenia Savoskina, Lorand Imre, Jess Gormley and Lindsay Poulton