Ukraine says four torture sites found in Kherson after Russia retreat

Kyiv: On Monday, Ukraine announced that it had located four places where Russian troops tortured detainees in Kherson before Moscow withdrew its troops from the city in southern Ukraine. Since the Russian army left the city on 11 November after eight months after occupying it, Kyiv has accused Moscow’s forces of committing “horrific” human atrocities. The Office of the General Prosecutor said officials had inspected “four premises” where Russian troops “illegally detained people and brutally tortured them.” Russian forces set up “pseudo-law enforcement agencies” in Kherson detention centres as well as in a police station, it said in a statement. Parts of rubber truncheons, a wooden bat, an incandescent lamp and “a device with which the occupiers tortured civilians with electricity” were found, prosecutors added. “Law enforcement officers continue to collect evidence” of what Ukrainian officials said were “crimes” carried out by the Russian military, the statement added. Russian authorities also left behind paperwork documenting the administration of the detention sites, the prosecutor’s statement added. Last week Ukrainian ombudsman Dmytro Lubynets described as “horrific” the scale of torture discovered in Kherson. AFP spoke last week to a Kherson resident who said he spent weeks in detention where he was beaten and electrocuted by Russian and pro-Russian forces. Read all the Latest News , Trending News ,  Cricket News , Bollywood News , India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.