More than 18 types of torture and abuse: what the Ukrainian military tells after the Russian captivity
He said that after returning from the Russian captivity, the Ukrainian military first undergo a medical examination and start a course of rehabilitation. Only then do the specialists of the Security Service, the National Police, the Office of the Prosecutor General and representatives of the International Criminal Court begin to work with them to document the facts of torture, inhuman treatment and other crimes committed during captivity.
"If you know such a document as the Istanbul Protocol, it defines 18 basic tortures, then today we have evidence of the use of all 18 species and even more-certain combinations of certain types of torture and abuse [apply] to our military personnel who are in captivity of the aggressor state," According to the released, in the Russian captivity they were deprived of basic needs: the wounded did not provide medical care, the food was scanty, and the conditions of detention were unacceptable.
Instead of the specialized camps provided for by the Geneva Convention, prisoners of war were held in ordinary prisons with criminal prisoners. The information collected is systematized and analyzed, after which it is transmitted to international legal institutions as an evidence base for fixing war crimes. "The state of Ukraine is already known direct performers - from the guards who hold [prisoners], to the chiefs of these colonies in which they are held.
We will remind, on May 6, thanks to the mediation of the United Arab Emirates, another group of defenders of Ukraine was released from the Russian captivity. The exchange took place in 205 for 205. Also Focus wrote that at the end of April, the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine published preliminary results of the examination of the body of the journalist Victoria Roshchina, who passed the Russian Federation.