“They are tortured during the first interrogation. They are beaten with metal rods and sticks and subjected to severe electric shocks. They are stripped naked. It is horrible. It is the worst I have seen in my 20-year career, visiting prisoners on behalf of the UN. Torture is widespread and systematic. 95% of Ukrainian prisoners of war have been tortured, and this constitutes a war crime."
—Danielle Bell, head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine
Source: More than 95% of Ukrainian prisoners of war tortured in Russia – UN Mission










