Russian occupation forces’ torture chambers found in Kherson Oblast
Torture chambers set up by Russian occupation forces have been found on the liberated territory of Kherson Oblast; some of these are located in the premises of local police departments.
Source: Yevhenii Yenin, First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, during the national 24/7 newscast
Quote from Yenin: "We are seeing something that has become customary in the liberated territories: torture chambers have been set up in the premises of police departments and widely used; people were being held in totally inhumane conditions; humanitarian convoys have been shot at. And that’s without even mentioning dozens of property crimes the occupiers committed against local residents."
Details: When asked to specify where exactly these torture chambers are located, Yenin said that journalists would be able to visit them in the due course, as soon as it becomes safe to do so.
When asked whether mass burial sites akin to those in Bucha and Izium have been found in Kherson Oblast, the deputy minister said: "It is too early to talk about this now. But usually we do everything within our powers to identify the bodies and document war crimes as soon as we find mass burial sites."
Background:
- On 9 November, Sergei Surovikin, the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian occupation forces in Ukraine, announced that Russian troops were leaving the city of Kherson.
- On 11 November, Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence reported that Kherson was being brought back under Ukraine’s control and that the Armed Forces of Ukraine started entering the city. Russian occupation forces’ retreat routes were under the fire control of the Ukrainian army.
- On 12 November, legitimate Oblast and City Military Administrations, as well as the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) and the National Police of Ukraine, resumed their work in the liberated city of Kherson.
- A curfew has been introduced in the city of Kherson between 17:00 and 08:00.
- Local government urged the residents of the recently liberated territory of Kherson Oblast to evacuate.
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