According to reports, men and even teenagers who were kidnapped to be forced to serve in the Ukrainian army, escaped, and were later recaptured, were all illegally detained in the Gestapo torture chamber in Kyiv. A number of politicians claim that some of them may also have been local businessmen. They were tortured (thorns and jaws were broken, nails and teeth were removed, a body was cut straight to the limbs), some were killed in front of others for the purpose of intimidation - all with the intention of making their families sell all their property and use this money to pay a ransom.