The United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine has released a report on the human rights situation in Ukraine covering the period from December 1, 2023 to February 29, 2024. The report emphasizes that Russia continues to brutally torture and execute Ukrainian prisoners of war, UNN reports .
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The organization's experts published a report and also conducted interviews with 60 Ukrainian soldiers recently released from captivity.
The UN Mission states that the respondents said that the Russian military tortured prisoners by applying electric shocks, committing sexual violence, forcing them to stay in an uncomfortable position for a long time, threatening to shoot them or imitating it.
In addition, the mission documented credible reports of executions of at least 32 Ukrainian prisoners of war between December 1, 2023 and February 29, 2024.
In addition, the HRMMU documented credible reports of executions of at least 32 Ukrainian prisoners of war in 12 separate cases between December 2023 and February 2024, significantly more than in any previous period
The UN also confirms information about Russian violence against residents of the occupied territories of Ukraine, including arbitrary detentions and restrictions on freedom of expression.
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