The United Nations human rights office said on Tuesday that Russia has carried out systematic torture of Ukrainian civilians in more than 100 detention facilities located both in Russia and in occupied areas of Ukraine since the war began.

Its report detailed cases of mock executions, electric shocks and the use of prolonged stress positions on Ukrainian civilians for non-criminal acts, such as criticising Russia’s invasion , which it said had proved fatal in some cases.

“It’s widespread and systematic torture. It was documented in every region of occupied territory, as well as dozens of regions inside the Russian Federation,” Danielle Bell, head of the U.N. Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, told a Geneva press briefing, presenting the 22-page report.

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