The Ombudsman sent a monitoring group to the "Skelya" regiment due to reports of possible torture of military personnel

The monitoring group of the Ombudsman's Office will check possible violations of the rights of military personnel in the 425th separate assault regiment "Skelya". This was reported by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets on Telegram, writes UNN.

I received information about possible serious violations of the rights of military personnel in the 425th separate assault regiment "Skelya". It concerns reports of alleged use of torture, arrangement of places of detention, and driving current military personnel to suicide

Lubinets says he appealed to the State Bureau of Investigation and the Specialized Defense Prosecutor's Office with a demand to conduct a full, objective, and impartial investigation.

Lubinets also added that he held a working meeting with the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi.

Tomorrow, the monitoring group of the Ombudsman's Office will go to the site to conduct an inspection. I received assurances of full assistance to its work as an independent monitoring group

Recall

The State Bureau of Investigation has launched a pre-trial investigation into the facts published in the media regarding possible violence and abuse of power in the assault regiment "Skelya". The case was opened under the article on abuse of power under martial law.