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[–]ActuallyNot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Other way around.

https://en.thepage.ua/politics/azov-fighters-revealed-the-torture-they-suffered-in-captivity

instead of the 20 year old conscripts who are still stuck in Russian prisons

Who are they?

[–]ukrdude10 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Azov's crimes have been documented by Amnesty International and other organizations. Some of their members were involved in racist violent attacks on football fans in Europe, as well as on civilians in Ukraine. Before the invasion, their press coverage in the West was very negative, and funding for them was banned in the US in a 2017 bill. Multiple videos were made of them torturing/executing POW's. Other battalions like Aidar and Tornado were even worse. The latter have been convicted of horrific acts of torture and rape against civilians, but have since been released and are currently fighting for the Ukrainian army.....

This is on Azov's Wikipedia page:

In 2016, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch received several credible allegations of abuse and torture by the regiment.[223] Reports published by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) documented looting of civilian homes and unlawful detention and torture of civilians between September 2014 and February 2015 "by Ukrainian armed forces and the Azov regiment in and around Shyrokyne".[224][225]

Another OHCHR report documented an instance of rape and torture, writing: "A man with a mental disability was subject to cruel treatment, rape and other forms of sexual violence by 8 to 10 members of the 'Azov' and 'Donbas' (another Ukrainian battalion) battalions in August–September 2014. The victim's health subsequently deteriorated and he was hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital."[225] A report from January 2015 stated that a Donetsk Republic supporter was detained and tortured with electricity and waterboarding and struck repeatedly on his genitals, which resulted in his confessing to spying for pro-Russian militants.

I have photo/video evidence, as well as info on the 20 year old conscripts who are still imprisoned, but it all comes from Telegram, I'll get back with it when my phone is repaired and I gain back access.

[–]ActuallyNot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Sounds like that in the few months around the re-oganziation into the National Guard, there were 8-10 members who were torturing people they suspected of spying.