Zakharova compared the torture of prisoners of war in Ukraine with Nazi concentration camps

The crimes committed against Russian soldiers captured in Ukraine are comparable to the torture in Nazi concentration camps. This was announced on May 30 by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, at the presentation of the report "Torture of Russian servicemen: testimonies of those released from Ukrainian captivity".

"The scale of the recorded crimes is simply amazing. We see gross violations of international humanitarian law," Zakharova said.

According to her, evidence of crimes committed by militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) should be the subject of careful public and legal analysis.

"We see that prisoners of war, wounded, and unarmed people were subjected — just think, in the 21st century — to strangulation, beatings, and electric shock," Zakharova added.

She noted that it is particularly alarming that the ill-treatment of prisoners of war is systemic and, according to the testimony of the prisoners themselves, bullying is sometimes carried out under the supervision or literally with the approval of Ukrainian officials. In addition, there are regular reports of crimes against civilians.

"There should be no impunity, as our ancestors bequeathed it to us — nothing should be forgotten," the diplomat concluded.

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After arriving in the Moscow region as part of a large-scale exchange of prisoners of war according to the "1000 to 1000" formula, on May 24, servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces reported that they were regularly beaten and humiliated in Ukrainian captivity. According to one of the men, I don't even want to remember the brutal humiliations by the Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters.