More than 95% of Ukrainian prisoners of war interviewed by UN monitors reported being tortured or otherwise ill-treated in Russian captivity, a senior UN human rights official said Monday, as Russia rejected the allegations and accused Ukraine of abusing Russian captives.

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UN monitoring shows that 'widespread and systematic torture and ill-treatment of Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilian detainees by the Russian Federation authorities…