Tortured and deprived of food: the Russians imprisoned more than 200 people on the ZPP and in Energodar, - Truth Hounds

The report on September 24, Truth Hounds, documenting and investigating international crimes and human rights violations, says that the occupiers illegally detained at least 226 employees of the station and locals. According to the organization, the Russians tortured prisoners for information, punished them for dissent, intimidated and forced them to confesses and cooperation. The torture included beating, violence, electric shock, imitation of death and threats to relatives and loved ones.

"Russian troops were deprived of prisoners, water and medical care, which is contrary to the provisions of international law," the report said. The organization said that at the interrogations the invaders tried to find out information about the activities of resistance, weapons and relations with the Defense Forces of Ukraine. Some of the prisoners were forced to sign a cooperation agreement or contracts with Rosatom.

Many of the detainees were shot on video, forcing false statements, praising the Russian army and discrediting Ukraine. The Russian army seized the Energodar and Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant on March 4, 2022. This was an unprecedented case of a military occupation of the current commercial nuclear power plant - the largest in Europe.

Initially, the Ukrainian municipal authorities continued to organize evacuation and provide government services, but in early April the occupiers replaced Ukrainian management systems and replaced them with parallel administrative bodies. After that, the Russians systematically carried out repression and violence against territorial defense volunteers, pro -Ukrainian activists and employees of the ZPP who refused to cooperate, said Truth Hounds.