Torture and sexual violence: the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are bullied by Ukrainians in the captured territories - the media
The publication writes that experts worked with Ukrainian prosecutors who investigate the military crimes of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the Kherson region. According to journalists, more than 97,000 reports of war crimes are investigated in Ukraine and charged with 220 suspects of national courts. The Kremlin consistently rejects accusations of war crimes.
The last report of the mobile justice group states that experts have analyzed 320 cases and testimony of witnesses in 35 settlements of Kherson region. The tested 43% of the victims directly mentioned the practice of torture by the invaders in the centers of detention. For example, sexual abuse was considered a standard "procedure". "The real scale of Russian crimes remains unknown," said Anna Mykytenko, a senior legal advisor Global Rights Compliance.
The material states that 36 victims of Ukrainians interviewed by prosecutors mentioned the use of electric shock during interrogations, often the defeat of the genital electric shock, as well as the threats of injury to the genitals. The report states that one victim was forced to witness the rape of another detained woman. The publication writes that the Russians often detained volunteers, law enforcement officers, activists, public figures, as well as medical workers and teachers.
The torture was subjected to captive Ukrainian servicemen. Recall that journalists wrote that almost a third of the US citizens support the departure of US troops to Ukraine. A quarter of Americans surveyed retain neutrality on this issue. 34% of respondents opposed. It was also reported that the fighters of 14 brigades used a mortar M60ma at the positions of the Russian Federation.