- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said a “torture chamber” had been found in the Kharkiv region.
- Room 10 contained an “electric torture device,” Euronews reported Mr Zelenskyy.
- In Izium, the identification of some 450 bodies found in a cemetery has begun, Kyiv Independent reported.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a speech on Saturday that “torture chambers” and mass graves had been found in the Kharkov region of the country after the withdrawal of Russian troops.
The discovery was described by Oksana Markarova, Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States, in an interview on Sunday. ABC News’ “This WeekThe Russian invasion, which began in February, has resulted in a “massive war crime”.
“More than 10 torture chambers have already been discovered in various cities and towns in the liberated areas of the Kharkiv region,” Zelensky said in a video address late Saturday, CNN reported. “The occupiers also dropped their torture devices as they fled.”
In the village of Kozacha Lopan in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine on September 18, 2022, during the Russian invasion, Ukrainian authorities opened the basement of a building that was a makeshift Russian prison and torture chamber with an interior view. is showing.
Reuters/Victoria Yakimenko
Zelensky added that a room designed for the killing and an “electric torture device” were found at the Kozacha Lopan railway station.
Kozacha Lopan, just a mile from the Russian border, was recaptured by Ukrainian forces on September 11, AP reported.
“There is already clear evidence of torture and humiliating treatment,” Zelensky said in a statement on Friday. “Additionally, there is evidence that Russian soldiers not far from this site shot the buried people for fun.”
In the village of Kozacha Lopan in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine on September 18, 2022, during the Russian invasion, Ukrainian authorities opened the basement of a building that was a makeshift Russian prison and torture chamber with an interior view. is showing.
Reuters/Victoria Yakimenko
In Izium, a city on the Donets river in Kharkiv province, work is underway to identify the bodies of about 450 people, most of them civilians, found in a cemetery, Kyiv Independent reported.
Some bodies were found with ropes wrapped around their necks and their hands bound, Reuters reported.
A similar grave was found in Bucha in March when 116 bodies were found after the city was liberated from Russian occupation.
