Over winter, UN mission recorded execution of 32 Ukrainian prisoners of war by occupiers
According to a report by the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, Russia continues to torture and execute Ukrainian prisoners of war.
This was reported by Censor.NET with reference to Radio Liberty.
The UN report covers the period from December 1, 2023, to February 29, 2024.
Among other things, the experts interviewed 60 Ukrainian soldiers recently released from captivity. In almost all of them, the respondents said that Russian military and officials tortured prisoners, including beatings, electric shocks, forcing them to stay in an uncomfortable position for a long time, threatening them with execution or imitating it. More than half of the prisoners have experienced sexual violence.
"In addition, the HRMMU documented credible reports of executions of at least 32 Ukrainian prisoners of war in 12 separate cases between December 2023 and February 2024, significantly more than in any previous period," the report says.
The UN also cites data from interviews with 44 Russian prisoners of war who, although they did not claim torture in official places of detention, gave "testimony of torture and ill-treatment in places of temporary stay after evacuation from the battlefield."
