At least 226 people are said to have been imprisoned or missing in Kherson while the city was under Russian occupation. Several were allegedly tortured and five died in prison or shortly thereafter, according to a Yale University report, reproduced by Reuters.
The report also concludes that 12 locations have so far been found where Ukrainian prisoners were allegedly detained and interrogated in Kherson and the Crimean peninsula. 55 of these cases include allegations of torture, electric shocks, torture of relatives and Russian roulette.
During the war in Ukraine, Russia denied attacking civilians and civilian targets.
– Does not survive the loss of Crimea
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Nor is the Yale University report the only one to tell stories of alleged torture in Kherson.
Following the liberation of Kherson earlier this month, Ukrainian authorities said several Kherson residents had been subjected to torture.
BBC writes that 63 bodies of civilians bearing signs of torture were found in Kherson.
The BBC spoke to Oleksandr Maksimenko (69), who allegedly shared a cell with 15 other men. He claims they were both beaten, tortured and subjected to electric shocks. The temperature in the cell was said to be up to 40 degrees and they were forced to learn the Russian national anthem.
– It was terrible. A man who was taken to his cell after being interrogated returned with a black tongue. He was so swollen he couldn’t put it back in his mouth.
TORTURE CHAMBERS: Several torture chambers are said to have been found in liberated Kherson. The photo shows pro-Russian inscriptions in what is supposed to have been a torture chamber. Photo: Ukrinform/Shutterstock/NTB
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Ukrainian investigators said they found 11 illegal prisons and four torture chambers in Kherson after the county was liberated. Items must also have been found which according to the SBU indicates that physical torture was performed.
More than 700 people are said to have been reported missing. It is feared they were killed after being deported to Russian-controlled territories.
Among other things, traces were found that the Ukrainians remained tortured with electricity and beaten with iron rods before being killedaccording to Ukrainian human rights commissioner Dmytro Lubinets.
