She was kidnapped from her own home in broad daylight and unlawfully deprived of her freedom. In the detention center, she was interrogated and tortured, while her family was given no information. Under the threat of guns, she was forced to give a staged interview for Russian propaganda media. Then she was thrown into slavery… 51-year-old Olena Yahupova.
Russian captivity became hell for her, but it couldn’t break her! Olena takes an active stand and fights for her rights to take perpetrators to justice . She is featured in the first episode of the new documentary series “Women in War: Defenders of Hope.”