A United Nations report released Tuesday detailed allegations of Russia having executed 32 Ukrainian prisoners of war and using them as human shields to hunt mines, while the POWs who lived to tell about their time detained by Russia allege torture, including rape and castrations.

The findings came in the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) report, writing that the execution videos were posted on social media in the months chronicled from December to February.

“In the reporting period, OHCHR recorded 12 cases of executions of at least 32 captured Ukrainian POWs,” the summary read. “OHCHR has verified three of these incidents in which Russian servicemen executed seven Ukrainian servicemen hors de combat.

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