Trostianets war crimes

Trostianets is a small town in the Sumy region, but its story during the first month of the full-scale Russian invasion is large: it is a lesson in how organised military power may be turned into organised abuse. Its victims deserve justice, and its perpetrators — whether low-level foot soldiers or the commanders who ordered, facilitated, or ignored the crimes — must be held accountable.

Mass arrests, torture, and inhumane detention conditions marked Russia’s occupation of the northern Ukrainian town of Trostianets, according to a new report released by Global Rights Compliance (GRC), an international law foundation headquartered in Kyiv.