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10 torture sites in 1 town: Russia sowed pain, fear in Izium

Holding cells are visible in a basement of a police station that was used by Russian forces to detain and torture Ukrainians in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Russian torture in Izium was arbitrary, widespread and absolutely routine, extending to both civilians and soldiers throughout the city, an AP investigation has found. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Holding cells are visible in a basement of a police station that was used by Russian forces to detain and torture Ukrainians in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Russian torture in Izium was arbitrary, widespread and absolutely routine, extending to both civilians and soldiers throughout the city, an AP investigation has found. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Olha Zaparozhchenko stands near the grave of her brother Ivan Shabelnyk, left, in the recently liberated village of Kapitolivka near Izium, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Shabelnyk's hands were shot, his ribs broken, his face unrecognizable. They identified him by the jacket he wore, from the local grain factory where he worked. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Olha Zaparozhchenko stands near the grave of her brother Ivan Shabelnyk, left, in the recently liberated village of Kapitolivka near Izium, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Shabelnyk's hands were shot, his ribs broken, his face unrecognizable. They identified him by the jacket he wore, from the local grain factory where he worked. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Holding cells are visible in a basement of a police station that was used by Russian forces to detain and torture Ukrainians in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Russian torture in Izium was arbitrary, widespread and absolutely routine, extending to both civilians and soldiers throughout the city, an AP investigation has found. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Olha Zaparozhchenko stands near the grave of her brother Ivan Shabelnyk, left, in the recently liberated village of Kapitolivka near Izium, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Shabelnyk's hands were shot, his ribs broken, his face unrecognizable. They identified him by the jacket he wore, from the local grain factory where he worked. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Holding cells are visible in a basement of a police station that was used by Russian forces to detain and torture Ukrainians in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Russian torture in Izium was arbitrary, widespread and absolutely routine, extending to both civilians and soldiers throughout the city, an AP investigation has found. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Olha Zaparozhchenko stands near the grave of her brother Ivan Shabelnyk, left, in the recently liberated village of Kapitolivka near Izium, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Shabelnyk's hands were shot, his ribs broken, his face unrecognizable. They identified him by the jacket he wore, from the local grain factory where he worked. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Holding cells are visible in a basement of a police station that was used by Russian forces to detain and torture Ukrainians in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Russian torture in Izium was arbitrary, widespread and absolutely routine, extending to both civilians and soldiers throughout the city, an AP investigation has found. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Olha Zaparozhchenko stands near the grave of her brother Ivan Shabelnyk, left, in the recently liberated village of Kapitolivka near Izium, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Shabelnyk's hands were shot, his ribs broken, his face unrecognizable. They identified him by the jacket he wore, from the local grain factory where he worked. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Holding cells are visible in a basement of a police station that was used by Russian forces to detain and torture Ukrainians in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Russian torture in Izium was arbitrary, widespread and absolutely routine, extending to both civilians and soldiers throughout the city, an AP investigation has found. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Olha Zaparozhchenko stands near the grave of her brother Ivan Shabelnyk, left, in the recently liberated village of Kapitolivka near Izium, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Shabelnyk's hands were shot, his ribs broken, his face unrecognizable. They identified him by the jacket he wore, from the local grain factory where he worked. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Holding cells are visible in a basement of a police station that was used by Russian forces to detain and torture Ukrainians in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Russian torture in Izium was arbitrary, widespread and absolutely routine, extending to both civilians and soldiers throughout the city, an AP investigation has found. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Olha Zaparozhchenko stands near the grave of her brother Ivan Shabelnyk, left, in the recently liberated village of Kapitolivka near Izium, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Shabelnyk's hands were shot, his ribs broken, his face unrecognizable. They identified him by the jacket he wore, from the local grain factory where he worked. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Holding cells are visible in a basement of a police station that was used by Russian forces to detain and torture Ukrainians in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Russian torture in Izium was arbitrary, widespread and absolutely routine, extending to both civilians and soldiers throughout the city, an AP investigation has found. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Olha Zaparozhchenko stands near the grave of her brother Ivan Shabelnyk, left, in the recently liberated village of Kapitolivka near Izium, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Shabelnyk's hands were shot, his ribs broken, his face unrecognizable. They identified him by the jacket he wore, from the local grain factory where he worked. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Holding cells are visible in a basement of a police station that was used by Russian forces to detain and torture Ukrainians in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Russian torture in Izium was arbitrary, widespread and absolutely routine, extending to both civilians and soldiers throughout the city, an AP investigation has found. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Olha Zaparozhchenko stands near the grave of her brother Ivan Shabelnyk, left, in the recently liberated village of Kapitolivka near Izium, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Shabelnyk's hands were shot, his ribs broken, his face unrecognizable. They identified him by the jacket he wore, from the local grain factory where he worked. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Holding cells are visible in a basement of a police station that was used by Russian forces to detain and torture Ukrainians in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Russian torture in Izium was arbitrary, widespread and absolutely routine, extending to both civilians and soldiers throughout the city, an AP investigation has found. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Olha Zaparozhchenko stands near the grave of her brother Ivan Shabelnyk, left, in the recently liberated village of Kapitolivka near Izium, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Shabelnyk's hands were shot, his ribs broken, his face unrecognizable. They identified him by the jacket he wore, from the local grain factory where he worked. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Holding cells are visible in a basement of a police station that was used by Russian forces to detain and torture Ukrainians in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Russian torture in Izium was arbitrary, widespread and absolutely routine, extending to both civilians and soldiers throughout the city, an AP investigation has found. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Olha Zaparozhchenko stands near the grave of her brother Ivan Shabelnyk, left, in the recently liberated village of Kapitolivka near Izium, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Shabelnyk's hands were shot, his ribs broken, his face unrecognizable. They identified him by the jacket he wore, from the local grain factory where he worked. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Holding cells are visible in a basement of a police station that was used by Russian forces to detain and torture Ukrainians in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Russian torture in Izium was arbitrary, widespread and absolutely routine, extending to both civilians and soldiers throughout the city, an AP investigation has found. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Holding cells are visible in a basement of a police station that was used by Russian forces to detain and torture Ukrainians in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Russian torture in Izium was arbitrary, widespread and absolutely routine, extending to both civilians and soldiers throughout the city, an AP investigation has found. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Olha Zaparozhchenko stands near the grave of her brother Ivan Shabelnyk, left, in the recently liberated village of Kapitolivka near Izium, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Shabelnyk's hands were shot, his ribs broken, his face unrecognizable. They identified him by the jacket he wore, from the local grain factory where he worked. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Olha Zaparozhchenko stands near the grave of her brother Ivan Shabelnyk, left, in the recently liberated village of Kapitolivka near Izium, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Shabelnyk's hands were shot, his ribs broken, his face unrecognizable. They identified him by the jacket he wore, from the local grain factory where he worked. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Holding cells are visible in a basement of a police station that was used by Russian forces to detain and torture Ukrainians in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Russian torture in Izium was arbitrary, widespread and absolutely routine, extending to both civilians and soldiers throughout the city, an AP investigation has found. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Olha Zaparozhchenko stands near the grave of her brother Ivan Shabelnyk, left, in the recently liberated village of Kapitolivka near Izium, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Shabelnyk's hands were shot, his ribs broken, his face unrecognizable. They identified him by the jacket he wore, from the local grain factory where he worked. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Holding cells are visible in a basement of a police station that was used by Russian forces to detain and torture Ukrainians in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Russian torture in Izium was arbitrary, widespread and absolutely routine, extending to both civilians and soldiers throughout the city, an AP investigation has found. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Olha Zaparozhchenko stands near the grave of her brother Ivan Shabelnyk, left, in the recently liberated village of Kapitolivka near Izium, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Shabelnyk's hands were shot, his ribs broken, his face unrecognizable. They identified him by the jacket he wore, from the local grain factory where he worked. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Holding cells are visible in a basement of a police station that was used by Russian forces to detain and torture Ukrainians in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Russian torture in Izium was arbitrary, widespread and absolutely routine, extending to both civilians and soldiers throughout the city, an AP investigation has found. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Olha Zaparozhchenko stands near the grave of her brother Ivan Shabelnyk, left, in the recently liberated village of Kapitolivka near Izium, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Shabelnyk's hands were shot, his ribs broken, his face unrecognizable. They identified him by the jacket he wore, from the local grain factory where he worked. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Holding cells are visible in a basement of a police station that was used by Russian forces to detain and torture Ukrainians in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Russian torture in Izium was arbitrary, widespread and absolutely routine, extending to both civilians and soldiers throughout the city, an AP investigation has found. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Olha Zaparozhchenko stands near the grave of her brother Ivan Shabelnyk, left, in the recently liberated village of Kapitolivka near Izium, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Shabelnyk's hands were shot, his ribs broken, his face unrecognizable. They identified him by the jacket he wore, from the local grain factory where he worked. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Holding cells are visible in a basement of a police station that was used by Russian forces to detain and torture Ukrainians in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Russian torture in Izium was arbitrary, widespread and absolutely routine, extending to both civilians and soldiers throughout the city, an AP investigation has found. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Olha Zaparozhchenko stands near the grave of her brother Ivan Shabelnyk, left, in the recently liberated village of Kapitolivka near Izium, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Shabelnyk's hands were shot, his ribs broken, his face unrecognizable. They identified him by the jacket he wore, from the local grain factory where he worked. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Holding cells are visible in a basement of a police station that was used by Russian forces to detain and torture Ukrainians in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Russian torture in Izium was arbitrary, widespread and absolutely routine, extending to both civilians and soldiers throughout the city, an AP investigation has found. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Olha Zaparozhchenko stands near the grave of her brother Ivan Shabelnyk, left, in the recently liberated village of Kapitolivka near Izium, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Shabelnyk's hands were shot, his ribs broken, his face unrecognizable. They identified him by the jacket he wore, from the local grain factory where he worked. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Holding cells are visible in a basement of a police station that was used by Russian forces to detain and torture Ukrainians in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Russian torture in Izium was arbitrary, widespread and absolutely routine, extending to both civilians and soldiers throughout the city, an AP investigation has found. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Olha Zaparozhchenko stands near the grave of her brother Ivan Shabelnyk, left, in the recently liberated village of Kapitolivka near Izium, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Shabelnyk's hands were shot, his ribs broken, his face unrecognizable. They identified him by the jacket he wore, from the local grain factory where he worked. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Holding cells are visible in a basement of a police station that was used by Russian forces to detain and torture Ukrainians in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Russian torture in Izium was arbitrary, widespread and absolutely routine, extending to both civilians and soldiers throughout the city, an AP investigation has found. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Olha Zaparozhchenko stands near the grave of her brother Ivan Shabelnyk, left, in the recently liberated village of Kapitolivka near Izium, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Shabelnyk's hands were shot, his ribs broken, his face unrecognizable. They identified him by the jacket he wore, from the local grain factory where he worked. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Holding cells are visible in a basement of a police station that was used by Russian forces to detain and torture Ukrainians in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Russian torture in Izium was arbitrary, widespread and absolutely routine, extending to both civilians and soldiers throughout the city, an AP investigation has found. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Olha Zaparozhchenko stands near the grave of her brother Ivan Shabelnyk, left, in the recently liberated village of Kapitolivka near Izium, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Shabelnyk's hands were shot, his ribs broken, his face unrecognizable. They identified him by the jacket he wore, from the local grain factory where he worked. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Holding cells are visible in a basement of a police station that was used by Russian forces to detain and torture Ukrainians in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Russian torture in Izium was arbitrary, widespread and absolutely routine, extending to both civilians and soldiers throughout the city, an AP investigation has found. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Olha Zaparozhchenko stands near the grave of her brother Ivan Shabelnyk, left, in the recently liberated village of Kapitolivka near Izium, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Shabelnyk's hands were shot, his ribs broken, his face unrecognizable. They identified him by the jacket he wore, from the local grain factory where he worked. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Holding cells are visible in a basement of a police station that was used by Russian forces to detain and torture Ukrainians in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Russian torture in Izium was arbitrary, widespread and absolutely routine, extending to both civilians and soldiers throughout the city, an AP investigation has found. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Olha Zaparozhchenko stands near the grave of her brother Ivan Shabelnyk, left, in the recently liberated village of Kapitolivka near Izium, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Shabelnyk's hands were shot, his ribs broken, his face unrecognizable. They identified him by the jacket he wore, from the local grain factory where he worked. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Holding cells are visible in a basement of a police station that was used by Russian forces to detain and torture Ukrainians in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Russian torture in Izium was arbitrary, widespread and absolutely routine, extending to both civilians and soldiers throughout the city, an AP investigation has found. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Olha Zaparozhchenko stands near the grave of her brother Ivan Shabelnyk, left, in the recently liberated village of Kapitolivka near Izium, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Shabelnyk's hands were shot, his ribs broken, his face unrecognizable. They identified him by the jacket he wore, from the local grain factory where he worked. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Holding cells are visible in a basement of a police station that was used by Russian forces to detain and torture Ukrainians in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Russian torture in Izium was arbitrary, widespread and absolutely routine, extending to both civilians and soldiers throughout the city, an AP investigation has found. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Olha Zaparozhchenko stands near the grave of her brother Ivan Shabelnyk, left, in the recently liberated village of Kapitolivka near Izium, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Shabelnyk's hands were shot, his ribs broken, his face unrecognizable. They identified him by the jacket he wore, from the local grain factory where he worked. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Holding cells are visible in a basement of a police station that was used by Russian forces to detain and torture Ukrainians in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Russian torture in Izium was arbitrary, widespread and absolutely routine, extending to both civilians and soldiers throughout the city, an AP investigation has found. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Olha Zaparozhchenko stands near the grave of her brother Ivan Shabelnyk, left, in the recently liberated village of Kapitolivka near Izium, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Shabelnyk's hands were shot, his ribs broken, his face unrecognizable. They identified him by the jacket he wore, from the local grain factory where he worked. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Holding cells are visible in a basement of a police station that was used by Russian forces to detain and torture Ukrainians in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Russian torture in Izium was arbitrary, widespread and absolutely routine, extending to both civilians and soldiers throughout the city, an AP investigation has found. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Olha Zaparozhchenko stands near the grave of her brother Ivan Shabelnyk, left, in the recently liberated village of Kapitolivka near Izium, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Shabelnyk's hands were shot, his ribs broken, his face unrecognizable. They identified him by the jacket he wore, from the local grain factory where he worked. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Holding cells are visible in a basement of a police station that was used by Russian forces to detain and torture Ukrainians in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Russian torture in Izium was arbitrary, widespread and absolutely routine, extending to both civilians and soldiers throughout the city, an AP investigation has found. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Olha Zaparozhchenko stands near the grave of her brother Ivan Shabelnyk, left, in the recently liberated village of Kapitolivka near Izium, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Shabelnyk's hands were shot, his ribs broken, his face unrecognizable. They identified him by the jacket he wore, from the local grain factory where he worked. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Holding cells are visible in a basement of a police station that was used by Russian forces to detain and torture Ukrainians in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Russian torture in Izium was arbitrary, widespread and absolutely routine, extending to both civilians and soldiers throughout the city, an AP investigation has found. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Olha Zaparozhchenko stands near the grave of her brother Ivan Shabelnyk, left, in the recently liberated village of Kapitolivka near Izium, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Shabelnyk's hands were shot, his ribs broken, his face unrecognizable. They identified him by the jacket he wore, from the local grain factory where he worked. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Holding cells are visible in a basement of a police station that was used by Russian forces to detain and torture Ukrainians in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Russian torture in Izium was arbitrary, widespread and absolutely routine, extending to both civilians and soldiers throughout the city, an AP investigation has found. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Olha Zaparozhchenko stands near the grave of her brother Ivan Shabelnyk, left, in the recently liberated village of Kapitolivka near Izium, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Shabelnyk's hands were shot, his ribs broken, his face unrecognizable. They identified him by the jacket he wore, from the local grain factory where he worked. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Holding cells are visible in a basement of a police station that was used by Russian forces to detain and torture Ukrainians in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Russian torture in Izium was arbitrary, widespread and absolutely routine, extending to both civilians and soldiers throughout the city, an AP investigation has found. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Olha Zaparozhchenko stands near the grave of her brother Ivan Shabelnyk, left, in the recently liberated village of Kapitolivka near Izium, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Shabelnyk's hands were shot, his ribs broken, his face unrecognizable. They identified him by the jacket he wore, from the local grain factory where he worked. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Holding cells are visible in a basement of a police station that was used by Russian forces to detain and torture Ukrainians in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Russian torture in Izium was arbitrary, widespread and absolutely routine, extending to both civilians and soldiers throughout the city, an AP investigation has found. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Olha Zaparozhchenko stands near the grave of her brother Ivan Shabelnyk, left, in the recently liberated village of Kapitolivka near Izium, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Shabelnyk's hands were shot, his ribs broken, his face unrecognizable. They identified him by the jacket he wore, from the local grain factory where he worked. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Holding cells are visible in a basement of a police station that was used by Russian forces to detain and torture Ukrainians in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Russian torture in Izium was arbitrary, widespread and absolutely routine, extending to both civilians and soldiers throughout the city, an AP investigation has found. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Olha Zaparozhchenko stands near the grave of her brother Ivan Shabelnyk, left, in the recently liberated village of Kapitolivka near Izium, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Shabelnyk's hands were shot, his ribs broken, his face unrecognizable. They identified him by the jacket he wore, from the local grain factory where he worked. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Holding cells are visible in a basement of a police station that was used by Russian forces to detain and torture Ukrainians in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Russian torture in Izium was arbitrary, widespread and absolutely routine, extending to both civilians and soldiers throughout the city, an AP investigation has found. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Olha Zaparozhchenko stands near the grave of her brother Ivan Shabelnyk, left, in the recently liberated village of Kapitolivka near Izium, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Shabelnyk's hands were shot, his ribs broken, his face unrecognizable. They identified him by the jacket he wore, from the local grain factory where he worked. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Holding cells are visible in a basement of a police station that was used by Russian forces to detain and torture Ukrainians in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Russian torture in Izium was arbitrary, widespread and absolutely routine, extending to both civilians and soldiers throughout the city, an AP investigation has found. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Ukrainian servicemen inspect a kindergarten which was used by Russian forces in the recently liberated village of Kapitolivka near Izium, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Russian torture in Izium was arbitrary, widespread and absolutely routine, extending to both civilians and soldiers throughout the city, an AP investigation has found. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Ludmila Shabelnyk cries while showing photographs of her son Ivan Shabelnyk in the recently liberated village of Kapitolivka near Izium, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. His hands were shot, his ribs broken, his face unrecognizable. They identified him by the jacket he wore, from the local grain factory where he worked. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Ludmila Shabelnyk shows photographs of her son Ivan Shabelnyk in the recently liberated village of Kapitolivka near Izium, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. His hands were shot, his ribs broken, his face unrecognizable. They identified him by the jacket he wore, from the local grain factory where he worked. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Olha Zaparozhchenko stands near the grave of her brother Ivan Shabelnyk, left, in the recently liberated village of Kapitolivka near Izium, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Shabelnyk's hands were shot, his ribs broken, his face unrecognizable. They identified him by the jacket he wore, from the local grain factory where he worked. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Light shines through a window of a holding cell in the basement of a police station which was used by Russian forces in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Based on accounts of survivors and police, Associated Press journalists located 10 torture sites in the town and gained access to five of them including the police station. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Spoons rest in a bowl as it sits on the floor in a holding cell in the basement of a police station which was used by Russian forces in the recently retaken town of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Based on accounts of survivors and police, Associated Press journalists located 10 torture sites in the town and gained access to five of them. This clammy underground jail was one of them. It reeked of urine and rotting food. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) A Ukrainian soldier's jacket with a national flag is sits in a room at School No. 2 in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. The school also served as a base and field hospital for Russian soldiers, and at least two Ukrainian civilians held there died. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) A man walks through a sports gym in School No. 2 which was used as a base and field hospital for Russian soldiers in the recently retaken town of Izium, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. Based on accounts of survivors and police, Associated Press journalists located 10 torture sites in the town and gained access to five of them, including the school. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) A Ukrainian serviceman inspects a kindergarten basement which was used by Russian forces in the recently liberated village of Kapitolivka near Izium, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Based on accounts of survivors and police, Associated Press journalists located 10 torture sites in the town and gained access to five of them, including the kindergarten. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Mykola Mosyakyn shows scars on his back after torture by Russian soldiers in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. He was beaten repeatedly, his feet shot, and he described how they covered his face with a rag and poured water from a kettle onto him to mimic the sensation of drowning. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Mykola Mosyakyn stands in a room of a former medical clinic where Russian forces tortured him in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. He was beaten repeatedly, his feet shot, and he described how they covered his face with a rag and poured water from a kettle onto him to mimic the sensation of drowning. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Soviet-era gas masks lie on the floor at the corridor of School No. 2 which was used as a Russian military base and torture site in the recently retaken town of Izium, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. Based on accounts of survivors and police, Associated Press journalists located 10 torture sites in the town and gained access to five of them including the school. One form of torture involved the masks, a survivor said. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Items left behind sit in the deep sunless pit in a residential compound in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. Based on accounts of survivors and police, Associated Press journalists located 10 torture sites in the town and gained access to five of them including the compound. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) A church can be seen in the distance through an apartment building destroyed by an airstrike in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. Izium served as a hub for Russian soldiers for nearly seven months, during which they established torture sites throughout the city. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Andriy Kotsar, who was tortured by Russian soldiers, carries buckets with water near Pishchanskyi monastery in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. Russian torture in Izium was arbitrary, widespread and absolutely routine, extending to both civilians and soldiers throughout the city, an AP investigation has found. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) A cat sits on a chair in a kitchen at Pishchanskyi church in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 21, 2022. At one point, the church and monastery compound had become a shelter for around 100 people, including 40 children. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Andriy Kotsar, who was tortured by Russian soldiers, kisses a cross during a service at Pishchanskyi church in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. Russian torture in Izium was arbitrary, widespread and absolutely routine, extending to both civilians and soldiers throughout the city, an AP investigation has found. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Ukrainian paratroopers drive with a Ukrainian flag on a pontoon bridge across Siverskiy-Donets river in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Izium served as a hub for Russian soldiers for nearly seven months, during which they established torture sites throughout the city. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Damaged and destroyed homes are visible from Russian attacks on the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Izium served as a hub for Russian soldiers for nearly seven months, during which they established torture sites throughout the city. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Andriy Kotsar, who was tortured by Russian soldiers, feeds birds in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. Russian torture in Izium was arbitrary, widespread and absolutely routine, extending to both civilians and soldiers throughout the city, an AP investigation has found. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Andriy Kotsar, right, who was tortured by Russian soldiers, takes part in a procession near Pishchanskyi church in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. Russian torture in Izium was arbitrary, widespread and absolutely routine, extending to both civilians and soldiers throughout the city, an AP investigation has found. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Unidentified graves of civilians and Ukrainian soldiers are marked with a cross in a cemetery in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. At the mass grave site created by the Russians and discovered in the woods of Izium, at least 30 of the 447 bodies recently excavated bore visible marks of torture – bound hands, close gunshot wounds, knife wounds and broken limbs, according to the Kharkiv regional prosecutor's office. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Andriy Kotsar, who was tortured by Russian soldiers, sits at a table after a service at Pishchanskyi church in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 21, 2022. Russian torture in Izium was arbitrary, widespread and absolutely routine, extending to both civilians and soldiers throughout the city, an AP investigation has found. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Mattresses lie on the floor in a holding cell at the basement of a police station which was used by Russian forces in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Based on accounts of survivors and police, Associated Press journalists located 10 torture sites in the town and gained access to five of them including the police station. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)