On captured Ukrainian territories, Russians massively creating torture chambers - deputy defense chief

In the temporarily captured territories of Ukraine, the Russian invaders continue to exploit civilian infrastructure to expand repression against the local population and conceal own crimes.

That’s according to Deputy Minister of Defense Hanna Maliar, Ukrinform reports.

In August, the enemy is seen urgently setting up in Pervomaivka, Kherson region, a new prison based on a local food supply base. The surrounding area is already guarded by personnel of the Russian military police on a permanent basis.

In Tokmak, Zaporizhzhia region, the invaders seized non-residential premises from local entrepreneurs at gunpoint. Now the Russians hold detainees in the said buildings, Maliar noted.

In Vasylivka, Zaporizhzhia region, in a college dormitory, the Russians have set up a room where local residents are interrogated, including using torture, the deputy minister of defense emphasized.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, referring to Petro Andriushchenko, the adviser to the Mariupol mayor in exile, more than 10,000 civilians have been arrested in Mariupol, the town temporarily captured by the Russians, and their whereabouts and fate remain unclear.