'Electric Shocks, Sexual Abuse': Ex-Ukrainian Prisoners Of War Speak At UN

United Nations official Claudia Fuentes Julio said over 95% of Ukrainian prisoners of war reported torture, and more than half reported sexual violence.

Khuan Alberto Levya Garsiya, still an active member of the Ukrainian military, said his Russian captors subjected him to every imaginable form of torture during 1,183 days in captivity.

UN monitoring shows that 'widespread and systematic torture and ill-treatment of Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilian detainees by the Russian Federation authorities continues,' including sexual violence.

More than 95% of Ukrainian prisoners of war interviewed reported experiencing torture or ill-treatment, according to a U.N. official.

Aug 10 - Former Ukrainian detainees and Ukrainian officials accused Russia on Monday of systematically torturing prisoners of war and civilian detainees, holding captives incommunicado and subjecting them to beatings, electric shocks and sexual abuse, with thousands still in captivity.

Ukrainian prisoners recount torture, sexual abuse while in Russian detention  Reuters