Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russia of cruel torture after the defeat of his troops in the now liberated Kharkiv region. More than ten torture chambers have now been discovered in various cities in the liberated area, Zelensky said in a video message distributed by the President’s Office in Kyiv on Saturday. “Torture was a widespread practice in the occupied territory,” the President said. He described the occupiers who fled a week ago as “racists” and said that the “Nazis” had behaved in the same way. “Racism” combines the words Russia and fascism and is used by Ukrainians as a term for “Russian fascism”.
Like the “Nazis,” the “racists” would be held accountable for their actions on the battlefield and in court, Zelenskyy said. “We will establish the identities of everyone who tortured and abused, who brought these atrocities from Russia here to Ukrainian territory,” emphasized the 44-year-old. When they fled, the occupiers left torture devices behind. Meanwhile, Ukrainian authorities have released photos that torture chambers and devices should show.
According to Zelenskyj, people were tortured with wires and electric shocks. For example, a torture room with electric torture tools was discovered at a train station in Kosatscha Lopan. New evidence of torture was also found in the bodies found in a forest near the city of Izyum. the Exhumation of the dead at the “mass grave site” was continued on Saturday, said Zelenskyj.
More than 440 graves with corpses have been found in Izyum. According to initial findings, people are said to have died when Russia fired heavily on the city at the end of March.
