Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Ukraine liberates another village near Pokrovsk -- Years of torture, abuse in Russian captivity take shocking toll on Ukrainian POWs -- In occupied Ukraine, the first day of Russian school begins with preparations for war -- Poland launches its largest military drills as Russia, Belarus set to hold exercises ... and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/09/wednesday-september-3-2025/

Thursday, August 28, 2025

Admission of guilt: Ukraine blasts Russia’s planned withdrawal from torture prevention convention — Powerful explosion rocks Russian oil pipeline supplying Moscow — Across occupied Ukraine, Russia has caused a devastating water crisis it cannot fix — [vlog] Why Russia’s war won’t end yet … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/08/thursday-august-28-2025/

Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Russia plans withdrawal from European Convention preventing torture — Ukraine has upgraded its Neptune missile — here’s what we know — Cyber partisans hack Russian TV, broadcast battlefield casualties and truth about war — How Russia targets, detains and kills Ukrainian officials in occupied regions … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/08/tuesday-august-26-2025/

Lost in the Gray Zone: How Russia Secretly Disappears Thousands of Ukrainian Civilians // Guillaume Vénétitay, Tetiana Pryimachuk – Forbidden Stories

https://forbiddenstories.org/russia-disappears-ukrainian-civilians/

#Russia #Kidnappings #Disappearances #TortureChambers #Ukraine

Lost in the Gray Zone: How Russia Secretly Disappears Thousands of Ukrainian Civilians

Since Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, thousands of Ukrainian civilians in the occupied territories have vanished into thin air. These “ghost prisoners” are whisked away by the occupying forces to informal places of detention, where they’re held outside any legal framework and tortured. Some are then transferred to the Russian prison system, where they languish without charges or serve trumped-up sentences. Forbidden Stories and its partners unveil this opaque system designed to break down Ukrainian society.

Forbidden Stories

2 men suspected of having helped Russian forces #torture 500+ people in #Vovchansk, Kharkiv Oblast have been identified

According to Police, suspects turned the town’s aggregate factory into the largest torture chamber in Kharkiv Oblast

They coordinated & participated in torture of local residents who refused to cooperate with the Russian occupying forces

https://kyivindependent.com/men-torture-chamber-in-occupied-kharkiv-oblast/

#RussiaInvadedUkraine #WarCrimes #TortureChambers #Civilians #HumanRights #Ukraine #StandWithUkraine

Police identify men suspected of running torture chamber in occupied Kharkiv Oblast

Two men who are suspected to have worked with the Russian military to torture more than 500 people in Vovchansk in Kharkiv Oblast have been identified, the National Police reported on Jan. 11.

The Kyiv Independent

Rosatom turns Europe’s largest NPP into a torture chamber

The report is based on direct and indirect evidence that covers:

- Eyewitness testimony

- Photographic & documentary evidence

- Digital evidence

- Secondary sources, including reports by human rights organisations

- News and media

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/09/19/7420448/

#RussiaInvadedUkraine #ZNPP #torture #civilians #Rosatom #TortureChambers #HumanRights #RussianWarCrimes #StandWithUkraine #nuclear

Rosatom turns Europe's largest NPP into a torture chamber – investigation

Ukrainska Pravda

Inside one of Russia’s torture chambers in #Kherson (PHOTOS)

Huge numbers of Ukrainians were detained by Russians occupying Kherson. Many of them were interrogated by #torture

https://kyivindependent.com/national/inside-one-of-russias-torture-chambers-in-occupied-kherson-photos

#TortureChambers #RussiaUkraineWar #RussiaInvadedUkraine

Inside one of Russia’s torture chambers in Kherson (PHOTOS)

Huge numbers of Ukrainians were detained by Russians occupying Kherson. Many of them were interrogated by torture. The chief prosecutor of Kherson Oblast, Volodymyr Kalyuga, said that locals were tortured at four sites throughout the city. According to interviews with

The Kyiv Independent

Even #children were kept in #torture chambers in Kherson Oblast

On Nov. 18 that new facts of torture reportedly inflicted by #Russian troops on #Kherson Oblast residents during the occupation were discovered, including a torture chamber with a separate cell where #teenagers were kept.

https://kyivindependent.com/news-feed/ombudsman-even-children-were-kept-in-torture-chambers-in-kherson-oblast

#RussiaUkraineWar #TortureChambers #RussianWarCrimes

Ombudsman: Even children were kept in torture chambers in Kherson Oblast

Dmytro Lubinets, the Ukrainian parliament’s Commissioner for Human Rights, said on Nov. 18 that new facts of torture allegedly inflicted by Russian troops on Kherson Oblast residents during the occupation were discovered, including a torture chamber with a separate cell

The Kyiv Independent