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Another Russian torture chamber was found in the liberated village of Kozacha Lopan, located at the local railway station. [7] [8] In Izyum, which the Russian army occupied on 1 April 2022, and which Ukrainian forces liberated in September 2022, journalists for the Associated Press found ten torture sites. An investigation found that both ...
[9] The United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine released a statement on Facebook saying "HRMMU is appalled by the latest videos, apparently showing the beating, castration and shooting of a captured soldier from the Ukrainian Armed Forces by a man, who appears to be a member of the Russian armed forces or affiliated armed groups.
A video circulated on social media from official and unofficial accounts shows about 100 Russian soldiers being taken prisoner in Kursk as Ukraine’s forces push deeper into Russia with surprise ...
The Freedom of Russia Legion [i] (FRL, Russian: Легион «Свобода России», romanized: Legion "Svoboda Rossii"; Ukrainian: Легіон «Свобода Росії», romanized: Lehion "Svoboda Rosii"; abbr. ЛСР, romanized: LSR), also called the Free Russia Legion, [11] [12] is a Ukrainian-based paramilitary unit of Russian citizens, which opposes the Russian regime of ...
Rape. As Allied troops entered and occupied German territory during the later stages of World War II, mass rapes of women took place both in connection with combat operations and during the subsequent occupation of Germany by soldiers from all advancing Allied armies, although a majority of scholars agree that the records show that a majority ...
Part of the eastern Ukraine campaign of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Damaged buildings in Avdiivka during fighting in January 2024. Date. 10 October 2023 [ a] – 17 February 2024. (4 months and 1 week) Location. Avdiivka (and surrounding villages), Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. 48°08′N 37°46′E / . 48.13°N 37.77°E.
The Russian Ground Forces, [ a] also known as the Russian Army in English, are the land forces of the Russian Armed Forces . The primary responsibilities of the Russian Ground Forces are the protection of the state borders, combat on land, and the defeat of enemy troops. The President of Russia is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed ...
The Russian military intends to recruit 420,000 contract personnel by the end of 2023, Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) said today, warning of the negative effect this would have on its ...