She refused and tried to escape, only to be told “you belong to us”. Kovalchuk claims when she attempted to leave, she was physically dragged back in.

“Then they started intimidating me, smashing glass. After that, they took my personal belongings, which included my passport. And one of the girls….put on my things and just left in them, although before that I asked her not to do this, [and] to leave my things. That is, no one heard me, and she just left the hotel in my dress.”

The report added that Kovalchuk escaped and hid at a nearby construction site when the men stepped out onto the balcony. She was later found by her would-be captors, who were “out of their minds” at this point. They then proceeded to “beat her.”