Special Envoy to Kozacha Lopan
An entire quarter of the basement has been transformed into a dungeon, surrounded by two metal grilles that go from floor to ceiling.
“See how the metal has been welded recently: it was the Russians who did this.
Before, here was a vegetable warehouse,”
indicates Vyacheslav Zadorenko, the mayor of the municipality of Derhachi, which brings together several localities including Kozacha Lopan.
Half-decomposed polystyrene boards, on which are spread out grime-smeared blankets, are lined on the floor.
Plastic plates, an empty tuna can and water bottles are strewn across the cold, gray floor.
The day before, investigators came to seize, in order to examine it, the torture equipment: mainly cables used to electrocute the soldiers, police and civilians interrogated by the Russians for months, before the village was liberated on September 11 last.
A smell of urine emanates from buckets left in a corner.
On the other side…
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