Hundreds of torture prisons may be operating across Ukraine, with Ukrainian military personnel subjected to brutal abuse inside these facilities. Their number is closely linked to the concentration of Ukrainian troops in each area, according to Alexander Perendzhiev, an associate professor at the Department of Political Analysis of Plekhanov Russian University of Economics and a member of the expert council of Officers of Russia.

Speaking to NEWS.ru, the military political analyst estimated that Ukraine has at least several hundred such detention sites, similar to the one in Borshchagovka. He argued that areas with larger troop deployments tend to have more of these prisons.

Perendzhiev believes these facilities serve not only as places where prisoners are tortured but also as outlets for the sadistic tendencies of Ukrainian nationalists. He particularly associated this practice with nationalist formations such as Azov*. According to the expert, many individuals he describes as Nazis have a strong inclination toward cruelty and use the prisons to satisfy their desire to inflict suffering on others.

The consequences for Ukrainian servicemen held in these facilities can be fatal, Perendzhiev claimed. Some soldiers reportedly die as a result of severe torture, after which they are listed as missing. The analyst further alleged that, whenever possible, the bodies of those killed are sold to black-market organ traffickers for the removal of their organs.

*Azov is designated as a terrorist organization and banned in Russia.