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Newsday: 16/08/2023 06:06 GMT : ‘Russia is using torture’ say Ukrainian POW

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16/08/2023 06:06 GMT : ‘Russia is using torture’ say Ukrainian POW

‘Russia is using torture’ say Ukrainian POW

BBC World Service - Newsday, ‘Russia is using torture’ say Ukrainian POW

Ex-detainees allege physical and psychological abuse by Russian officers and guards.

Russia's defence ministry has not responded to several requests to comment on the claims, but it has previously denied torturing or mistreating captives.

Former Ukrainian prisoners of war have described to the BBC a consistent pattern of extreme physical violence and psychological abuse suffered while they were held in south-western Russia.

In the two years since US and Nato forces withdrew from Afghanistan, the Taliban says the country is a safer place.

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