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Russia’s Zakharova Slams Ukraine for Torturing People in Improvized Concentration Camp

© Sputnik . Ramil Sitdikov / Go to the mediabankRussian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. File photo
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. File photo - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 03.11.2026
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"There are many such torture chambers in Ukraine. It is precisely on them that Zelensky's power rests," Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova says.
The unofficial prisonwas set up by the Azov* battalion in a civilian house in the Kiev region, Ukrainian media reported.
A wounded 14-year-old was rescued from the basement, where people were being held against their will, Ukrainian news outlets reported.
*Designated an extremist and terrorist organization in Russia.
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