# The United Nations says Russian authorities have subjected civilian detainees in Ukrainian areas it occupies to torture, including sexual violence. In a fresh report, the UN rights office concluded that Russia has subjected Ukrainian civilian detainees to consistent patterns of serious violations of international law. The report said UN investigators had interviewed 216 civilians released from detention in the occupied territories since June 2023. A full 92-percent of them gave consistent and detailed accounts of having been subjected to torture or ill-treatment during their captivity.
UN says Russia tortured Ukrainian civilian detainees and this includes sexual violence