Beatings, Stabbings, & Electric Shocks: Donetsk Militia Vets' Ordeal in Ukraine's Torture Chambers
sputnikglobe.com
Mariupol residents, Donetsk militia veterans, have shared with Sputnik how they subsequently survived captivity and torture at the hands of the Ukrainian ultra-nationalists and the military.

"Waste of life" huh? They don't seem to think they wasted their lives. Right back to the front after torture. No van hoodwinking required. Because there is nothing else to do. So don't talk about other options.