According to the police chief Ihor Klymenko, after the liberation of part of the Kharkiv region, at least ten places were discovered that were used by Russian troops as “torture houses”, Kyiv Independent reports.

On September 16, Klymenko reported that two of these cameras were found in the city of Balaklia. He did not specify the location of the other eight.

This news followed another report about possible Russian atrocities in the previously occupied parts of the Kharkiv region. On September 15, Ukrainian police reported that a mass grave containing about 440 graves had been found in Izyum, another recently liberated city in the region.

According to the governor of the Kharkiv region Oleg Sinegubov, before the start of Ukraine’s counteroffensive on September 6, Russian troops occupied about 32% of the territory of the region.

According to Synegubov, during the “Lightning” operation, the Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated more than 300 populated areas of the region, on September 14, only 6 percent remained occupied.

Bodies with hands tied behind their backs, found in a mass grave in Izyum

Bodies with their hands tied were found in a mass grave in Izyum after Ukrainian forces retook the town in northeastern Ukraine, the regional governor said on Friday, Reuters reported.

“We are at the site of a mass burial of people, civilians, and now, according to our information, all of them have signs of violent death,” Governor Oleg Synegubov said at the scene.

“These are corpses with their hands tied behind their backs. Every fact will be investigated and assessed properly and legally,” he said.