Russians set up a torture chamber in Balaklia, Kharkiv region

Serhii Bolvinov, the head of the investigative department of the National Police in the Kharkiv region, reports.

The headquarters of the occupiers was located in the police station, and in the basement and in a nearby building they set up a prison and a torture chamber for local residents.

"During the occupation, Russians always held at least 40 people captive, feeding them twice a day with porridge without anything," Bolvinov wrote. "They were looking with the help of local collaborators for those who served or had relatives in the Anti-terrorist Operation Zone. They were also looking for people who helped the Ukrainian army to destroy Russians. And in the case when they released a lot of people, and there were no new ones, they grabbed people right on the street near the police station. One man was in "prison" for 46 days because Russian occupiers found a photo of his brother in a Ukrainian military uniform."

The investigator also reported that the "easiest" form of torture was electrocution.

Bolvinov also wrote that the investigators have information about the murdered residents of the city. They were shot at the checkpoint by Russians on the last day of the occupation - all the details of the event are still being clarified.