Posted on Sep 18, 2022
Ukraine alleges torture at village near Russian border
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In a dank basement behind the local supermarket, metal bars cordon off a corner of the room to form a large cell. Dirty sleeping bags and duvets show three sleeping spots on top of sheets of Styrofoam for insulation from the damp earth floor. In the corner, two black buckets served as toilets.
A few meters (yards) outside the barred cell, three dilapidated chairs stand around a table, cigarette butts and empty husks of pumpkin seeds littering the floor around them.
Ukrainian authorities say this was a makeshift prison where Russian forces abused detainees before Ukrainian troops swept through the village of Kozacha Lopan in a major counteroffensive in the Kharkiv region this month. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said more than 10 such “torture chambers” have been discovered in the region since the hasty withdrawal of Russian troops last week. The claims of what occurred in the room could not be independently confirmed.
A few meters (yards) outside the barred cell, three dilapidated chairs stand around a table, cigarette butts and empty husks of pumpkin seeds littering the floor around them.
Ukrainian authorities say this was a makeshift prison where Russian forces abused detainees before Ukrainian troops swept through the village of Kozacha Lopan in a major counteroffensive in the Kharkiv region this month. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said more than 10 such “torture chambers” have been discovered in the region since the hasty withdrawal of Russian troops last week. The claims of what occurred in the room could not be independently confirmed.
Ukraine alleges torture at village near Russian border
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good morning Brother William, thanks for the solid read/share. Have a great day good buddy.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."The dead Ukrainian is lying on his back in body armor and helmet, a cap beneath it to block out the sun. The body has been there for a long time.
They document the scene and lift the remains into a body bag before heading farther along the track to a charred Russian tank. It takes only one of the team to carry away the body bag holding the remains of the Russian found inside.
Autopsies will follow, and the details of the sites recorded and passed on to investigators looking into potential war crimes, Vitalii said.
Throughout this border area, where fierce battles raged, villages bear the devastating scars of war: houses bombed and burned, roads pitted with bomb craters, smashed cars lying by the roadside.
Residents who fled during the height of the fighting have been returning to see what became of their homes.
Nothing is left of Alina Orobchenko's home in the nearby village of Prudyanka but four broken, fire-blasted walls. The entire house in which she lived for 30 years was turned into a jumble of burnt, twisted rubble. Nothing was salvageable.
“It's really hard to decide what to do next, it's impossible to plan for the future,” the 47-year-old schoolteacher said as she picked her way over the smashed roofing tiles and piles of masonry.
“We've already cried out all our tears," Orobchenko said. “But now we know we need to overcome this, and get on with our lives.”
Outside the blackened, smashed front windows, her pink and red roses have bloomed among the weeds and wreckage."
..."The dead Ukrainian is lying on his back in body armor and helmet, a cap beneath it to block out the sun. The body has been there for a long time.
They document the scene and lift the remains into a body bag before heading farther along the track to a charred Russian tank. It takes only one of the team to carry away the body bag holding the remains of the Russian found inside.
Autopsies will follow, and the details of the sites recorded and passed on to investigators looking into potential war crimes, Vitalii said.
Throughout this border area, where fierce battles raged, villages bear the devastating scars of war: houses bombed and burned, roads pitted with bomb craters, smashed cars lying by the roadside.
Residents who fled during the height of the fighting have been returning to see what became of their homes.
Nothing is left of Alina Orobchenko's home in the nearby village of Prudyanka but four broken, fire-blasted walls. The entire house in which she lived for 30 years was turned into a jumble of burnt, twisted rubble. Nothing was salvageable.
“It's really hard to decide what to do next, it's impossible to plan for the future,” the 47-year-old schoolteacher said as she picked her way over the smashed roofing tiles and piles of masonry.
“We've already cried out all our tears," Orobchenko said. “But now we know we need to overcome this, and get on with our lives.”
Outside the blackened, smashed front windows, her pink and red roses have bloomed among the weeds and wreckage."
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The Russians have no interest in the Geneva convention. And they treat non combatants just as badly
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