# Electric shock, beating, choking — Russian commander tortured civilians in occupied Oleshky, prosecutors say

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/electric-shock-beating-choking-russian-commander-tortured-civilians-in-occupied-oleshky-prosecutors-say/
- Published: 2026-11-12T15:45:38+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T21:56:13+00:00
- Original publisher: Kyiv Independent
- Original article: https://kyivindependent.com/electric-shock-beating-choking-russian-commander-tortured-civilians-in-occupied-oleshky-prosecutors-say/
- Topics: Culture, Europe, Food, World

## Key points

- Ukraine has sent a Russian commander’s alleged torture case to court.
- Two civilians were reportedly held and tortured for ten days.
- More than 55,000 criminal offences have been registered in Kherson Oblast.

## Summary

Ukraine’s Security Service says it has completed its investigation into a Russian commander accused of torturing two civilians in occupied Oleshky and has sent the indictment to court. The case concerns alleged treatment during Russia’s occupation and forms part of a wider effort to investigate suspected war crimes in Kherson Oblast.

Prosecutors say the unarmed men were detained in June 2023 and held for ten days in a ninth-floor flat with too little food, water and sanitation. One was allegedly beaten, shocked with electricity and strangled during questioning; the other suffered fractures to 11 ribs, his sternum and jaw, and later had a finger amputated after an infection. More than 55,000 criminal offences have been registered in Kherson Oblast since Russia’s full-scale invasion began.

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