A few days after the withdrawal of Russian forces from the city of Kherson in Ukraine, Ukrainian investigators discovered a potential “torture room” that would have been used during the Russian occupation, our colleagues from the guardian.
According to British media, in mid-March 2022, Russian soldiers requisitioned the city’s youth detention center to turn it into a prison for opponents of the Kremlin regime.
The men in charge of the detention center wore ski masks and dressed in black, witnesses said. Mykola Ivanovych, a neighbor whose balcony overlooks the back of the building, said he saw two bodies lying in the garages behind the center. Dozens of men were reportedly detained, beaten and even killed there.
Extremely violent methods.
“They took me to a basement for interrogation. First they beat me with police batons, my back, my legs,” the newspaper said. The world Vitali Serdiouk, 65-year-old Ukrainian. He received beatings because his son was serving in the Ukrainian army, he said on his part. guardian.
During his imprisonment, Vitali Serdyuk was tortured with “an old device from the Soviet era.” “They pulled down my pants and attached two electrodes to my testicles. They turned the crank faster and faster, to produce more electricity. Then they slowed down. Then they accelerated, ”he testified before the World.
Investigations are continuing to gain a more accurate picture of the abuses inflicted on the people of Kherson during the Russian occupation.
Source: BFM TV
