Prosecutors in an area of Ukraine where Russian forces recently retreated in the face of a Ukrainian counteroffensive are accusing Russia of torturing civilians in one freed village. Ukrainian officials have accused Russian forces of using the Soviet-era radio telephones as a power source to electrocute prisoners during interrogation. Russian shelling hit cities and towns across a wide stretch of Ukraine during the night, officials said on Sunday, while Britain’s Ministry of Defence warned that Russia was likely to increase its attacks on civilian targets as it suffered battlefield defeats. Five people have died over the past day in Russian attacks in the Donetsk region, one of two Ukrainian regions that Russia recognises as sovereign states, governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said. A Washington-based think tank, the Institute for the Study of War, said Russian forces in Donetsk continued to conduct “meaninglessoperations” on villages as opposed to reinforcing the front line.

Source: The Herald September 18, 2022 21:57 UTC