Si ce
Feb ua y
2022,
the
UN
huma
ights
office
has
docume ted
129
executio s
of
Uk ai ia
PoWs.
(File
Photo)
Mo e
tha
95%
of
Uk ai ia
p iso e s
of
wa
i te viewed
by
UN
mo ito s
epo ted
bei g
to tu ed
o
othe wise
ill-t eated
i
Russia
captivity,
a
se io
UN
huma
ights
official
said
Mo day,
as
Russia
ejected
the
allegatio s
a d
accused
Uk ai e
of
abusi g
Russia
captives.Si ce
Feb ua y
2022,
the
UN
huma
ights
office
has
docume ted
129
executio s
of
Uk ai ia
PoWs
at
the
sta t
of
captivity
a d
48
deaths
i
dete tio
att ibuted
to
to tu e,
de ial
of
medical
ca e
o
othe
i huma e
co ditio s,
UN
Assista t
Sec eta y-Ge e al
fo
Huma
Rights
Claudia
Fue tes
Julio
said.Mo e
tha
half
of
the
Uk ai ia
PoWs
i te viewed
also
epo ted
sexual
viole ce,
i cludi g
ape,
beati gs
while
aked
a d
elect ic
shocks
to
the
ge itals.Fue tes
Julio
said
mo ito s
had
eceived
accou ts
of
seve e
beati gs
with
bato s,
heavy
belts
a d
woode
objects,
as
well
as
elect ic
shocks,
dog
attacks
a d
mock
executio s.
Fo me
PoWs
ecou t
abuse
Fo me
captives
a d
Uk ai ia
officials
desc ibed
thei
expe ie ces
at
a
i fo mal
UN
Secu ity
Cou cil
meeti g,
acco di g
to
Reute s.Jua
Albe to
Leyva
Ga cia,
who
emai s
i
the
Uk ai ia
milita y,
said
he
spe t
1,183
days
i
Russia
captivity,
whe e
he
faced
daily
beati gs,
elect ic
shocks,
excessive
exe cise
i
sub-ze o
tempe atu es
a d
sexual
abuse.
He
said
two
f ie ds
died
afte
bei g
beate
at
dete tio
ce t es
i
the
Do etsk
egio .
Ga siya
also
desc ibed
ove c owded
ba acks,
sayi g
dyse te y
affected
almost
eve y
PoW
a d
ma y
p iso e s
we e
sta vi g.C imea
Tata
activist
Le iie
Ume ova,
who
was
f eed
i
a
2024
p iso e
excha ge,
said
she
was
detai ed
while
t yi g
to
each
C imea
to
visit
he
se iously
ill
fathe .
She
said
she
was
t a sfe ed
betwee
seve
dete tio
facilities
a d
accused
Russia
autho ities
of
to tu i g
Uk ai ia s
i
custody.Oleg
Gushi
of
Uk ai e’s
Coo di atio
Headqua te s
fo
the
T eatme t
of
P iso e s
of
Wa
said
Kyiv
had
ide tified
mo e
tha
300
dete tio
sites
i
Russia
a d
Russia -occupied
Uk ai ia
te ito y.
Mo e
tha
9,000
Uk ai ia s
had
etu ed
th ough
p iso e
excha ges,
while
thousa ds
emai ed
i
Russia
captivity,
he
said.
Russia
ejects
allegatio s
Russia’s
deputy
UN
ep ese tative
Ma ia
Zabolotskaya
ejected
the
allegatio s
as
“a
disi fo matio
campaig ”
a d
accused
Uk ai e
of
subjecti g
Russia
p iso e s
to
to tu e,
deg adatio
a d
physical
a d
mo al
abuse.UN
mo ito s
have
also
docume ted
to tu e
a d
ill-t eatme t
of
Russia
a d
thi d-cou t y
PoWs
held
by
Uk ai e.
About
half
of
those
i te viewed
epo ted
abuse
du i g
the
ea ly
stages
of
captivity,
Fue tes
Julio
said,
while
addi g
that
the
scale
diffe ed
fu dame tally
f om
the
t eatme t
docume ted
amo g
Uk ai ia
p iso e s.Uk ai e’s
cha ge
d’affai es
Volodymy
Pavliche ko
u ged
cou t ies
to
i c ease
p essu e
o
Russia
a d
pu sue
accou tability
ove
the
t eatme t
of
p iso e s.
