At least 20 torture centers in Kherson were directly financed by the Kremlin -- Sydney Park

International lawyers are investigating recently liberated cities in Ukraine, and they discovered at least twenty torture centers, in Kherson. This evidence is coming about a year after the city was captured by Russia because it was the first major city to fall during Russia's invasion. This city was liberated in November by Ukrainian soldiers. There was a paper trail exposed that shows that the main torture chambers in Kherson and the people telling them to do so, and also giving them financial support from the Russian state. It was also discovered that these torture sites were directly managed by numerous Russian security agencies, including their Federal Security Services (FSB), which is the successor of the KGB. According to the lead of the Mobile Justice Team, Putin funded millions of rubles (the Russian currency) into these torture chambers, and they were designed for the sole purpose of killing those who threatened Russia's plans to extinguish Ukrainian nationality and culture. As a side note, Ukraine's prosecutor general has cataloged more than 70,000 Russian war crimes since the beginning of the conflict. In Kherson, more than one thousand Ukrainians gave their first-hand accounts of their experiences in the torture centers, and more than four-hundred people reportedly vanished from these torture sites, but it's not clear if they were killed or taken to Russian-held territory. These sites were used for detention, interrogation, reeducation, and physical beatings; according to survivors, electric shock and waterboarding were common tactics used by the Russians. In some cases, Ukrainians were forced to memorize pro-Russian sayings and songs.

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