Kyiv alleges Russia abused, tortured female Ukrainian soldiers while holding them captive

Latest reports suggest that Russian invers tortured and mistreated Ukrainian female troops who h recently been liberated from Russian captivity. Liudmyla Denisova, who is Ukraine's Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights stated that among 86 released from Russian captivity were women who were tortured and mistreated. 

She also said that women were taken to Belarus before being transferred to a pre-trial detention camp in Bryansk, Russia, where y were tortured and intimidated. y were also forced to undress in front of male guards, h ir hair cut and were interrogated constantly in an attempt to break m mentally.

Denisova furr claimed that female prisoners of war (POW) were forced to participate in filming of propaganda reports, which required m to switch to Russian language. Ukraine's Parliament Commissioner also stated that Russia's actions are in violation of Geneva Convention Article 13, which emphasises humane treatment of prisoners of war and that y must be protected at all times, especially from acts of violence or intimidation, as well as insults and public scrutiny.

UN Human Rights Council's committee to investigate crimes committed

Liudmyla Denisova has urged UN Human Rights Council's committee to investigate crimes committed during Russia's military invasion of Ukraine, as well as OSCE expert mission established under Moscow Mechanism to take se violations of Ukrainian prisoners of war into account.

Earlier on April 2, images of women POWs who were released from Russian captive emerged, which showed that ir hes were shaved. It was reported that Russian forces shaved ir hes while y were held captive. Liubov Tsybulska, an viser to Ukraine's Foreign Ministry and General Staff, described shaving of women POWs' hes as a Nazi move, noting that even Nazis shaved POWs' hair during World War II.

Mayor of a small town killed by Russian forces along with her family

In meanwhile, Ukrainian officials stated that mayor of a small town, as well as her husband and son, were killed by inving Russian forces that h held area until recently. y said that Mayor Olga Sukhenko and her family were shot and dumped into a trench in woodland behind a block of land with numerous buildings in town of Motyzhyn, according to CBS News.

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