Almost Killed 完整註解
閱讀前你該知道的事
烏俄戰爭爆發之後，許多反戰的俄女記者因做出對俄國不利的報導而遭到殺害。
這是一個關於 ELENA KOSTYUCHENKO 的真實故事，一位因自己的大意而深陷危險的女記者。
文章以 Elena Kostyuchenko 第一人稱的視角，直白地敘述她在烏克蘭與德國的經歷，包含生病，以及面對身體極度不適的恐懼。文章雖長，但用的都是較生活化的單字跟直接的描述，整體不算太困難。
本文由 Bela Shayevich 翻譯成英文。
I didn't want to write this for a long time. I feel disgusted, afraid, ashamed.
閱讀前你該知道的詞彙
Ukraine 烏克蘭
Russia 俄羅斯
Assassination 暗殺
poison 毒藥、下毒
investigation 調查
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入境烏克蘭
On February 24, 2022, my country attacked Ukraine.
On February 24, I went to Ukraine on assignment from Novaya Gazeta, where I had been working for the previous seventeen years.
I crossed the Polish-Ukrainian border on the night of February 25.
Over the course of four weeks, thanks to the incredible support of countless Ukrainians, I was able to file four stories—from the border, Odesa, Mykolaiv, and Kherson. Kherson was under occupation. Getting in and out meant crossing the frontlines twice. In Kherson, Russian soldiers were kidnapping and torturing people. I was able to find people who had survived being tortured. By collating their stories, working in the field, I was able to find where the kidnapped people were being held—a former temporary detention center located at 3 Teploenergetiki Street. I learned the names of forty-four kidnapped people and the circumstances under which they were taken. I published my article and handed over what I had uncovered to the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s office.
torture 虐待
detention center 用於拘留(detain) 的地方
作者 Elena 在烏克蘭發布了四篇報導，關於邊境(border)、Odesa、Mykolaiv，以及Kherson四個地方所發生的事情。其中Kherson最危險，因為當時已經是under occupation，進出城市需要穿越前線(frontlines)兩次。在Kherson，作者找到了那些被俄軍士兵折磨過的倖存者，並從他們口中得知那些被綁架者被囚禁的地方(那個地方位於Teploenergetiki Street 3 號，以前是個臨時拘留所)，Elena也得知44位被綁架者的資訊，並將其發佈在一篇文章中，也將她的發現寄一份給Ukraine Prosecutor General's office (烏克蘭檢察總長辦公室)。