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As of 2025, Russian captors have subjected nearly 700 Ukrainian combatants and civilians to state-sanctioned electrocution, starvation, physical/sexual trauma, and indoctrination across 29 detention centers. An estimated 16,000 civilian detainees remain missing within Russia’s legally ambiguous prison network, The Guardian reported in April 2025.

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This content originally appeared on Project Censored and was authored by Kate Horgan.

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[1] “No Documentation, No Oversight”: Ukrainian POWs Tortured Behind Closed Doors ➤ https://www.projectcensored.org/no-documentation-ukranian-pow-torture/[2] Project Censored - Promoting Critical Media Literacy ➤ https://www.projectcensored.org/