25 Russian torture sites found in Ukraine's Kharkiv region: report

Investigators have discovered 25 Russian torture chambers in the liberated areas of Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region, according to a report.

Ukrainian artillery in action against Russian forces near the city of Kharkiv in Ukraine's northeast, May 7, 2022.

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The head of the regional police force, Volodymyr Tymoshko, has said the Russians used these facilities to torture Ukrainian civilians and detain them in inhumane conditions, The Kyiv Independent newspaper has reported.

⚡️ Police: 25 torture chambers discovered in liberated areas of Kharkiv Oblast.

Investigators have discovered 25 torture chambers in Kharkiv Oblast, head of the regional police Volodymyr Tymoshko said on Jan. 2. Tymoshko described detention conditions of civilians as “inhumane.”

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) January 2, 2023

In total, 1,699 civilians, including 74 children, were killed and a further 2,596 injured in the Kharkiv region since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022, Tymoshko said, as cited by The Kyiv Independent on its website on Monday.

Ukrainian Prosecutor-General Andrii Kostin said in November that more than 700 bodies had been discovered in the liberated areas of Ukraine's Kharkiv, Kherson and Donetsk regions after the withdrawal of Russian forces.

Tuesday is day 314 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

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Source: The Kyiv Independent