Employees of the Security Service of Ukraine discovered a new torture chamber of Russian occupiers in the liberated Sviatohirsk of the Donetsk region.
The place of illegal detention of people was set up in a recreation boarding house not far from Sviatohirskaya Lavra.
– The Russian military forcibly detained local residents who supported the territorial integrity of Ukraine. During the inspection, operatives and investigators of the Security Service of Ukraine discovered objects that directly indicate signs of torture. Currently, a complex of investigative and operational measures is being carried out – the message of the Security Service of Ukraine states.
Within the framework of the initiated criminal proceedings under Part 1, 2 Art. 438 (violation of the laws and customs of war) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, investigative and operational actions are ongoing.
Currently, investigators of the Security Service of Ukraine are establishing the number and identities of the victims, as well as the occupiers involved in the torture.
Earlier, First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Yevhen Yenin reported that the invaders had set up torture chambers in almost all captured Ukrainian cities and villages.
According to him, torture chambers were carried out even in local police stations.
