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Ukrainian prisoners describe torture and sexual abuse they suffered while detained in Russian custody
Former Ukrainian detainees as well as?Ukrainian officials, on Monday, accused Russia of torturing civilian and prisoners of war, keeping them incommunicado, and subjecting?thousands of people still held captive to beatings, shocks, and sexual abuse. Russia has rejected the claims made during a?informal U.N. Security Council Meeting. Its Deputy U.N. representative Maria Zabolotskaya called it "a campaign of disinformation" and claimed that Russian prisoners were being subjected "to torture and degradation, as well as moral and physical abuse." Khuan Levya-Garsiya is still an active member in the Ukrainian military. He claims that his Russian captors tortured him for 1,183 days. "Yes...