Ukrainian authorities on Tuesday detailed allegations of what they called a “torture chamber” discovered in a village in the Mykolaiv region and the city of Kherson.
The regional prosecutor’s office of Mykolaiv, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and forensic experts from the National Police of Ukraine have located an alleged “torture chamber” in the village of Oleksandrivka, in the region. Southern Mykolaiv, after it was taken back from the Russian Occupation, according to a statement from the regional prosecutor’s office and the SBU.
“According to investigative data, representatives of the aggressor state seized houses in the village and illegally detained and brutally tortured local residents who refused to cooperate with the enemy,” according to the office. Prosecutor Mykolaiv.
The office also said “physical evidence was discovered and seized” during the investigation.
The SBU alleges in a statement that “the Russians brutally raped and tortured local residents who refused to cooperate.”
The SBU stated: “They tried to ‘defeat’ the address of Ukrainian patriots, especially members of the resistance movement.
“The victims were strangled with plastic bags, beaten with heavy objects and tortured with electricity,” the statement added. “During the inspection of the room, law enforcement officers discovered torture devices.”
The SBU said Ukrainian citizens “illegally detained and tortured by the Russians for a month have been found”.
CNN was unable to independently verify the claims of Ukrainian authorities.
Another allegation: On Tuesday, the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine also reported that another “torture chamber” had been discovered in the city of Kherson in “one of the police administrative buildings, which the Russians use to ensure operations. action of the occupying criminal authorities”.
CNN was unable to independently verify the claim.
Russia has previously denied the allegations of war crimes and claims its forces do not target civilians, despite a wealth of evidence gathered by international human rights experts, investigators crime and international media in multiple locations.
