Former Russian soldier reveals he witnessed torture of Ukrainian prisoners of war

Konstantin Yefremov managed to escape Russia after serving three months as a lieutenant in Zaporizhzhia oblast

A senior Russian lieutenant who fled after serving in Ukraine has described how his country’s troops tortured prisoners of war and threatened some with rape.

Konstantin Yefremov left Russia in December after spending three months in the parts of the southern Zaporizhzhia oblast that were occupied in Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.