Many conclusions regarding Ukraine are erroneous. Lubinets responded to the UN report.

The Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, familiarized himself with the 41st periodic report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. According to him, many conclusions regarding Ukraine are unfounded.

'The report acknowledges systematic violations of human rights by Russia in Ukraine, particularly attacks on civilian infrastructure, executions and torture of Ukrainian prisoners of war, illegal confiscation of property in TOT Ukraine, and involving children in military training. However, several conclusions of the UN regarding Ukraine are erroneous. I categorically disagree that certain comments and recommendations provided by the Ombudsman's Office were not taken into account,' - emphasized Lubinets.

The Ombudsman commented on the documented cases of torture of Russian prisoners of war in transit locations. He noted that the Office of the Prosecutor General has initiated a criminal investigation regarding this, and the Coordination Headquarters, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine confirmed that the investigation is ongoing:

'The comments provided by the Department for the Implementation of the National Preventive Mechanism were not considered in the report. The staff of the Ombudsman's Office, along with representatives of public organizations, regularly visit camps for holding prisoners of war and special units in detention centers. The conditions and treatment of Russian prisoners of war comply with the Geneva Convention.'

Lubinets also noted that reports of cases of torture and cruel treatment of Russian prisoners of war, which allegedly occurred in transit points after their evacuation from the battlefield, require additional verification by authorized state bodies of Ukraine.

'In fact, the UN equates the scale of violations on the part of Ukraine and the Russian Federation. We all see how Ukrainians return from Russian captivity. They were subjected to torture, mistreatment, psychological pressure, and were not given adequate medical assistance. They come home sometimes with injuries that are incompatible with life,' - added the Ombudsman.

Lubinets noted that Ukraine has repeatedly emphasized the need to highlight the problem of 'improper treatment' taking into account the scale of violations of international humanitarian law by the Russian side, even in the absence of full access to places of detention in Russia.

'Because it turns out that Ukraine allows access to international organizations, which can reflect everything in their reports, while Russia simply does not allow it. These are not equivalent things! I am outraged that in the current context the final recommendations to Russia and Ukraine are to 'comply with IHL.' In other words, the UN equates the scale of violations, which is unacceptable,' - stated Lubinets.

We remind you that the UN also criticized Ukraine for the alleged lack of 'sufficient justification' for the dissolution of religious organizations, including the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC MP). This is stated in the report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.