As of today, the deaths of 375 Ukrainian citizens in Russian captivity have been verified – that is the number of bodies returned to Ukraine.
Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets said this during a press conference at Ukrinform titled "Countering Russian Disinformation: Exposing Russian Psychological Operations Targeting Prisoners, Exchanges and Missing Persons."
"We have a separate list, which currently contains 375 names. These are Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilian hostages who were verified as either prisoners of war or civilians detained by the Russian Federation. This verification was also carried out through the international verification mechanism of the International Committee of the Red Cross. All of them have returned home on their shields, meaning that the Russian Federation handed over the bodies of 375 Ukrainian citizens who had been tortured to death," Lubinets said.
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He stressed that Russia has created a system in which torture, humiliation and unlawful convictions have become instruments of war.
