Ukraine - Panchenko
11/12/2026
09:34

MOSCOW, NOVEMBER 12 /SRNA/ - Secret prisons in Ukraine are located in both military and civilian facilities, including kindergartens, indicating a widespread state-sponsored system of torture, Ukrainian journalist Diana Panchenko told RIA Novosti.
"All the torture sites we have managed to uncover are located in state-owned buildings, schools, kindergartens, summer camps and former hospitals. The establishment of secret prisons in such places shows that the torture system is organised at the state level," Panchenko said.
According to her, this is not simply a matter of "a rogue battalion of lunatics" that has occupied a building, but rather that the modern Ukrainian state itself has provided numerous facilities for torturing prisoners and human trafficking.