UNITED NATIONS, August 24. /TASS/. Around half of Russian prisoners of war interviewed by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) reported torture and ill-treatment in the Ukrainian captivity, UN Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo said, citing Russia’s official data.

"Approximately half of the Russian prisoners of war interviewed by OHCHR have provided accounts of torture or ill-treatment. We remind the sides of their obligations under international humanitarian law. All prisoners of war must be treated humanely," she said at a UN Security Council meeting convened by Western countries.

"We urge redoubled efforts to secure the release of all remaining captives, for their sake and for that of their families," she stressed.

Nearly 270 Ukrainian drones taken down over Russian regions during day

Russian air defense systems intercepted and destroyed Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles over Crimea, the Arkhangelsk, Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Rostov, Smolensk, Tula, Moscow, and Krasnodar Regions, and the Black Sea, he Russian defense ministry said

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