Ukrainian police have claimed to have located up to 25 facilities used to torture prisoners by Russian forces in the Kharkov region, recently recaptured by Ukraine.
In these prison camps, civilians were tortured and held in inhumane conditions, according to the head of the police in the area, Volodimir Timoshko, in a message posted on Facebook on Monday.
Some prisoners were subjected to electric shocks and others had their fingers broken, Timoshko said.
The Kharkov region had been under the control of Russian forces from the beginning of the invasion in February until early September, when Ukrainian forces forced their withdrawal in a counteroffensive.
Since then, 920 civilian bodies have been located, including those of 25 children, according to Timoshko, who said they were killed by Russian soldiers.
The Ukrainian investigation suggests that Russian forces have also committed war crimes in other occupied areas, such as Bucha, on the outskirts of Kiev, where more than 400 bodies were found, most of them died violent deaths.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
