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Researchers also found 12 places of detention and interrogations in Kherson and ...

Hundreds of people detained Russian invaders and disappeared in Kherson - Reuters

Researchers also found 12 places of detention and interrogations in Kherson and Crimea. Witnesses said they were tortured by electric shock, imitation of execution and beating. In Kherson, in the period from March to October, the detention and disappearance of 226 people of which probably suffered torture, and five died in prison or shortly afterwards. This conclusion was reached by scientists from the Laboratory of Humanitarian Studies of Yale Public Health School, Reuters writes.

Nathaniel Raymond, the executive director of the laboratory, said the report confirms the warning of the United States on the eve of the conflict that Russia is using pre -compiled lists to seize and destroy civilians. "This is the strongest proof of what this happens," Raymond said. An open source report states that most of the 226 people were detained by Russian military or FSB.

Researchers have quoted several sources that stated that the Russian security forces have lists of names and car numbers, as well as other information. The publication writes that some sources in the report were not listed for their protection. Researchers also found 12 places of detention and interrogations in Kherson and Crimea.

The report states that at least 55 registered detentions or disappearances are related to torture statements, including beating, staging of executions, electric shocks and relatives of relatives. Also, according to journalists, the report shows the testimony of several witnesses that they were tortured to find out information about the positions of Ukrainian units. Others stated that they were questioned about the leadership of protest or opposition groups.

The report states that there were 60 civil servants among detainees or missing persons, as well as 32 persons who identified themselves as Crimean Tatars. Earlier, Focus wrote that WP journalists told about the underground that helped liberate Kherson. According to an anonymous employee of special services of Ukraine, some fighters and members of resistance began to prepare before the start of a full -scale war with Russia.

We will also remind that Russia spreads rumors about the mass murder of prisoners. Military experts claim that the invaders were killed during an attempt to attack the Armed Forces during the delivery of the Armed Forces, and Russia was promoting the media that Ukrainian defenders had executed prisoners of war. It was also reported that in the UK, because of the war in Ukraine, shells began to end.