The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has documented cases of detention, torture and abuse on both sides of the demarcation line in the Donbas conflict, as well as in Russia, where militants often transferred detainees.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Hromadske: UN reports torture from both sides in the Donbas
A Ukrainian soldier patrols by a destroyed coal mine of Butovka at the front line with Russia-backed separatists not far from the town of Avdiyivka, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, on Nov. 7, 2019.
