The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense accused Russian forces of “blatant genocide” on Wednesday after Kyiv’s forces discovered what they called a “torture chamber” in the …
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense accused Russia of “blatant genocide” on Wednesday after Kyiv’s forces discovered what they called a “torture chamber.”that showed a dark room in the recently liberated town of Balakliya. On the wall of the cell, the Lord’s Prayer can be seen carved into the wall in Cyrillic.
Though no such blatant carnage has yet greeted Ukrainian liberators in the Kharkiv province, Ukrainian authorities said 40 civilians had been held captive in the town during the occupation.Mykhaylo Palinchak/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images “They made me hold two wires,” he said. “There was an electric generator. The faster it went, the higher the voltage. They said, ‘If you let it go, you are finished.’ Then they started asking questions. They said I was lying, and they started spinning it even more and the voltage increased.”
The men were reportedly wearing civilian clothes when they were killed and were buried by their neighbors following the incident.
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