Overview
- UN human-rights monitors say 92% of interviewed former detainees reported torture or ill-treatment, including severe beatings, electric shocks and mock executions.
- At least 38 people died in detention due to torture, lack of medical care and unhygienic conditions, according to the UN findings.
- The report notes cases of mistreatment of civilians by Ukrainian authorities that were fewer in number and involved different categories of detainees.
- UN special rapporteur Marijana Kazarowa reports at least 50 cases involving Russian medical personnel in torture, including forced psychiatric interventions.
- Russia rejects the UN inquiries and has not cooperated, while Ukrainian figures cited by the UN estimate about 1,800 civilians detained by occupiers as of May 2025 with the true number likely higher.