Overview

• Covering June 2023 to Sept. 10, 2025, OHCHR documented 508 civilian detentions under Russian control, recorded some ill‑treatment by Ukrainian authorities, and noted over 2,250 conflict‑related detainees in Ukrainian facilities.
• Interviews with 216 released civilians found that 92% described torture or ill‑treatment during captivity.
• Investigators detailed methods including severe beatings, electric shocks, mock executions, stress positions, sexual violence, threats to relatives, and forced humiliation.
• Monitors mapped 114 detention sites in occupied Ukraine and identified facilities across 28 Russian regions, yet received no access to inspect them.
• Ukraine reports about 1,800 civilians held by Russia, with OHCHR confirming at least 400 ongoing detentions and warning the true scale is likely much higher.