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Occupiers set up torture chamber in Kherson office centre

 

The Security Service of Ukraine [SSU] and the National Police of Ukraine have discovered another torture chamber that belonged to the Russian occupiers in Kherson, which they set up in the office centre.

Victoriia Shakula, the spokeswoman of the SSU in Kherson Oblast, reported that the Russians have held about 50 people in the basements. Ukrainian witness YouTube channel published the video about the torture chamber.

“The occupiers kept Kherson citizens, who had a strong pro-Ukrainian position, in the torture chamber. Kherson citizens who resisted the occupation authorities…

During the inspection of the torture chamber, objects were found that made evidence of torture of local residents,” Victoriia Shakula said.



A chair and sticks were in one of the rooms, which were used to torture the Kherson people. A section of the central heating radiator, to which the prisoners were handcuffed, hangs on the wall.

The SSU has discovered the torture chamber of the occupiers in the basements of the Kherson office centre. Photo: Ukrainian witness

Prayers to God are scratched on the walls of the cells, reading: “God, protect and save”, “God, give strength”. Crossed out lines, which indicate how many days the kidnapped people spent in the basements can also be seen there.

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Prayers to God are scratched on the walls of the cells: “God, protect and save”, “God, give strength”

“According to information from local residents, traces of blood were cleaned in these rooms every day, and the occupiers tried to hide traces of torture by starting a ‘big fire,'” Oleksii Prodaivoda, correspondent of the project, said.

There was no light at all in some rooms; in others, on the contrary, light was never turned off, which is how the prisoners were deprived of sleep.

 

The occupiers tortured, in particular, the residents of Kherson with a pro-Ukrainian position

The occupiers held Kherson residents with a pro-Ukrainian stance in the torture chamber – as well as people from whom they wanted to receive money. In one of the basement rooms, the occupiers kept teenagers who tore down the Russian flag.

There were also cases when people were “surrendered” by their neighbours because of old grudges, Shakula said.

 

“According to operative information, unfortunately, there are many people who were supporters of the so-called “Russian world”…

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