Bodies discovered in Kherson amid claims of Russian brutality

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17th Nov, 2022. 09:34 pm
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Ukraine claims to have discovered the bodies of 63 citizens with signs of torture.
Russia has repeatedly refuted any crimes committed during the invasion.
Two persons who talked with the media say they were kept in what are being referred to as “torture chambers” for more than a month.

Near the recently recaptured city of Kherson, Ukraine claims to have discovered the bodies of 63 citizens with signs of torture. Russia has repeatedly refuted any crimes committed during the invasion. However, according to two persons who talked with the media, they were kept in what are being referred to as “torture chambers” for more than a month.

Each cell in a police station in the recently freed city of Kherson has a unique tale to tell.

There are those with clothes all over the place, one has a burned-out bed, another has dog bowls and trash all over the place. In one, the floor is covered with a Russian flag.

Anzhela’s tale can be found in cell number six.

She endured 31 days with four other ladies in this location after being taken prisoner by Russian military in June.

Anzhela, 49, presented TV shows on a Telethon channel prior to the invasion of Ukraine in February. Early in March, armored Russian convoys began to reach Kherson, the place she calls home.

Demonstrations were eventually put down and liberties were diminished as Russia’s hold on the regional capital tightened. Armed men broke into Anzhela’s home in June, took her away from her partner, covered her head with a bag, and forced her onto a bus.

Anzhela was then transported to cell number 6 from there.

“On the third floor, men were beaten,” she recalls. “When the person is being tortured with electricity, you hear it. It is a peculiar sound.

“Men were screaming in pain.”

Investigators claim that once the Russians captured Kherson, they arrested partisans or individuals with ties to the Ukrainian military who had opposed their takeover.

After Kherson was freed, they claim to have discovered 11 unlawful jails and four torture chambers there. There have been more than 700 reported missing persons.

It’s thought that they are either dead or have been forcibly transported to Russia or one of its seized territories.

And now Ukraine has announced the discovery of dozens of bodies with signs of torture near the city. Interior minister Denys Monastyrsky said the investigation into crimes there had only just begun, “so many more dungeons and burial places will be uncovered”.

Anzhela calmly describes being psychologically tortured for more than a month. She often saw bodies wrapped in plastic taken out after “interrogations went too far”.

Then she draws breath and describes the scars she still bears.

“There are some triggers,” she says. “When they opened the gates, they made a specific sound. It meant more people were arriving to be interrogated.”

The journalist claims that the constant illumination prevented her from getting any rest. After being freed, she discovered that she couldn’t sleep at night.

Bodies discovered in Kherson amid claims of Russian brutality

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