MOSCOW, February 26. /TASS/. Ukrainian militants repeatedly exploited prisoners of war as living test subjects for complex and perilous medical procedures, according to a report by Rodion Miroshnik, the Russian Foreign Ministry's Ambassador-at-Large for the Crimes of the Kiev Regime. The report references testimonies from several Russian servicemen captured in Ukraine.
One account describes how, prior to being transferred to an official pretrial detention center, prisoners were taken to a hospital in Sumy under the guise of receiving medical treatment. Instead of proper care, local medical staff used the wounded as live dummies to instruct medical trainees in intricate and dangerous procedures.
A prisoner recounted: "They brought us to the hospital, took us out one by one, placed us on gurneys, and covered us with bedsheets. If someone didn't position their arms or legs correctly, or sat improperly, they would be beaten with a stick. When it was my turn, they wheeled me into an office. A doctor approached me. I had a shrapnel wound in my right arm, near the elbow. The doctor asked our escort, 'What should we do with it? Should I stitch it up or bandage it?' The escort replied, 'Yes, bandage it, and it'll be fine.' However, they didn't bandage it immediately; instead, they brought in medical trainees."
