Witnesses described the use of electric shock torture and waterboarding by Russian forces. Read more at straitstimes.com.
THE HAGUE - A network of at least 20 torture chambers in the recently liberated southern Ukrainian region of Kherson was “planned and directly financed by the Russian State,” war crimes investigators said on Thursday, citing new evidence.
The mobile team, backed by international experts, is supporting Ukraine’s Office of the Prosecutor General, as it reviews more than 71,000 reports of war crimes nationwide since the Feb 24, 2022 invasion.
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