"Here was hell": the Russians used prison in Kherson to torture of detainees - WP

According to the newspaper, the prison building came around the clock around the clock cars of occupants with tinted glass, from there they pulled people with bags on their heads. The townspeople confess that the windows of the detainee, which were tortured, were constantly arrived from the windows of the building. Sometimes the prison door opened and there came out of exhausted people. Other prisoners were sent to other prisons, and they disappeared.

"If there is hell on the ground, it was here,"-said 48-year-old Sergei, who lives opposite prison in the city. During his visit to the liberated city, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also noted that the Russian military had made the same atrocities here as in other regions of the country they captured. However, the exact number of casualties cannot be named, these facts are only investigated.

The chairman of the Kherson Regional Council Alexander Samoilenko believes that it is about thousands of prisoners. According to journalists, the Russians detained local residents for completely far -fetched reasons. The reason for this could be the "wrong" tattoo, accidentally missing a word or element of clothing that was not liked by the Russian military. "They grabbed everyone who could reach: guerrillas, activists, anyone," a local resident Larisa shares.

Yes, one of the women in the city was detained in the eyes of her teenage son, believing that she helps the Armed Forces. 64-year-old Alexander Kuzmin, who was captured by the Russians, admitted that in prison, FSB staff had a hammer beat his leg. Being in the camera, he heard the cries of other people tortured. Recall that the British Ministry of Defense reported about the blast of Kakhovka hydroelectric power station.