It is said that at least 226 people were imprisoned or went missing in Kherson while the city was under Russian occupation. Many were said to have been tortured, and five were said to have died in prison or shortly thereafter, according to a report by Yale University, republished by Reuters.
The report also finds that so far 12 places where Ukrainian prisoners are said to have been imprisoned and interrogated have been found in Kherson and Crimea. 55 of these cases involve allegations of torture, electric shocks, torture of relatives, as well as a game of Russian roulette.
Throughout the war in Ukraine, Russia has denied attacking civilians and civilian targets.
– does not survive the loss of Crimea
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And the Yale report is not the only one that tells stories of alleged torture in Kherson.
After the liberation of Kherson earlier this month, Ukrainian authorities alleged that many Kherson residents had been tortured.
BBC He writes that 63 civilian corpses with traces of torture were found in Kherson.
The BBC spoke to Oleksandr Maksymenko, 69, who is said to have shared a cell with 15 other men. They were allegedly beaten, tortured and given electric shocks. The temperature in the cell is said to have reached 40 degrees, and they are said to have been forced to learn the Russian national anthem.
– It was awful. The man who was taken to the cell after being interrogated returned with his tongue black. It was so swollen he couldn’t put it back in his mouth.
That is why Zelensky refuses
Beating with iron bars
Ukrainian investigators claimed to have found 11 illegal prisons and four torture chambers in Kherson after the province was liberated. Objects must also be found in accordance with the SBU Refers to the practice of physical torture.
More than 700 people are said to have been reported missing. It is feared that they may have been killed after being deported to Russian-controlled territory.
Among other things, traces were found that the Ukrainians remained They were tortured with electricity and beaten with iron bars before being killedAccording to the Commissioner for Human Rights of Ukraine Dmytro Lubinets.