The head of mission for the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, Danielle Bell, reported that Ukrainian prisoners of war held in Russia and occupied Ukrainian territories are systematically subjected to torture. Bell made this statement on Aug. 16 during her meeting with Dmytro Usov, the secretary of Ukraine’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War. Bell emphasized that testimonies from liberated Ukrainian soldiers confirm the widespread use of torture in Russian captivity. She also thanked the Ukrainian authorities for granting the UN mission access to facil…