According to Svitlana, she never thought about betraying her nation—”not for a second.”
She tells me, “My husband would’ve never forgiven me,” when we meet at her apartment outside of Kyiv.
After more than two years of waiting for word on her husband Dima, an army medic who was abducted by Russia, the 42-year-old got a phone call out of the blue.
She was informed by the voice on the other end of the phone that Dima might be eligible for early release or better treatment in prison if she committed treason against Ukraine.
A smartphone displaying a text exchange in which voice notes and images are being sent.
Svitlana documented every conversation she had with “Dmitry” in accordance with directives from the Ukrainian Security Service. “I received a call from a Ukrainian number.
