# Ukrainian servicemen shot and tortured civilians in Kursk Region, rights commissioner says

https://mins.news/en/item/59137

- TASS, 2026-09-15 11:28 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/society/2187877

> Russian Human Rights Commissioner Yana Lantratova said Ukrainian troops tortured residents in Kursk Region, with many civilians allegedly shot in their homes and elderly people and children killed. She displayed tools she said were used to brand people and torture a clergyman.

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