U.N.: Russia has executed dozens of civilians in Ukraine

Russia has detained greater than 800 civilians and executed at the least 77 of them for the reason that begin of its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, officers with the United Nations monitoring mission stated Tuesday.

U.N. investigators performed greater than 1,000 interviews and visited dozens of detention facilities. They stated Ukraine additionally violated worldwide legislation on a smaller scale by arbitrarily detaining civilians, together with kids and the aged, officers stated Tuesday.

“The vast majority of these cases were perpetrated by the Russian Federation,” Matilda Bogner, head of the U.N. rights monitoring mission in Ukraine, advised reporters by video hyperlink from Uzhhorod, Ukraine.

More than 90% of Ukrainian civilians held by Russia stated they’d been topic to torture or different sick therapy. Ukraine gave U.N. inspectors nearly full entry to its detention websites, whereas Russian officers refused to permit visits regardless of repeated requests, Ms. Bogner stated.

U.N. officers stated they don’t have proof that Ukraine has executed any of the civilians they detained.

“It is a war crime to execute a civilian after detention. It is also a gross violation of international human rights law,” Ms. Bogner stated.