United Nations representatives noted that Russia is preventing verification of the status of prisoners of war.
Russia prevents United Nations (UN) representatives from accessing prisoners of war. This is what the head of the UN monitoring mission for human rights in Ukraine, Matilda Bogner, said on Friday, September 9, at a briefing in Geneva, she expressed concern about torture and ill-treatment, Reuters reports.
“This is especially troubling because we have documented torture and ill-treatment against Russian-led prisoners of war held by its armed forces or affiliated groups,” he said.
On September 7, the UN reported that the mission should arrive in the occupied city of Yelenovka in the Donetsk region in the coming days. The purpose of the mission was to find out the circumstances of the explosion, which killed and injured Ukrainian prisoners of war.
It should be noted that the explosion at the place of detention of the Ukrainian military, including defenders from Azovstal, took place more than 40 days ago. The Russians did not allow independent observers to examine the site of the tragedy and visit the prisoners.
Recall, “DNR” stated that during the shelling of the colony in Yelenovka, 47 people died, 75 were injured, including eight guards.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the armed forces of the Russian Federation carried out targeted deliberate shelling of a correctional facility in Yelenovka, and the statements about the alleged shelling from on the Ukrainian side is an outright lie and a provocation.
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Source: korrespondent
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