UN official concerned over videos showing apparent abuse of PoWs in Ukraine
by Daniel Boffey in Lviv from World news | The Guardian on (#5XMKZ)
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A senior UN official has said they have seen videos purporting to show the abuse of prisoners of war on both sides in Ukraine, as Russia raised the mistreatment of its soldiers at the first day of the latest peace talks.
Matilda Bogner, head of the UN's human rights office in Ukraine, said a number of videos of the abuse of Russian and Ukrainian prisoners were being examined, adding that on the face of it, it does raise serious concerns".
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