The report covers the period from February 24, 2022, to July 31, 2026. The tally also includes 20 previously unreported cases that occurred before the invasion.
Most of the victims attributed to the Russian side were men — 725 cases. They were typically prisoners of war and civilians held in places of forced detention. In 155 cases, electric shock torture was documented using military field telephones: the terminals of a ringing-signal generator were attached to the victims' genitals. In another 246 cases, victims were beaten on the genitals, and in 372 they were forced to undress.
Victims on both sides included people of all ages. The oldest victim was an 82-year-old woman, the youngest a four-year-old girl. The UN attributed responsibility for both cases to Moscow. Three women gave birth to children as a result of rape.
The UN attributed 11% of the cases — 112 episodes — to the Ukrainian side. Among the alleged perpetrators it named employees of the SBU, military personnel and penitentiary staff. In nearly half of those cases, only threats of sexual violence were involved; forced undressing and torture were also documented.
According to the UN, Russian representatives used violence during detentions, interrogations, custody and preparations for exchanges. The Russian authorities did not cooperate with the mission and did not provide access to the occupied territories.
Ukraine, the report notes, carried out legal reforms and issued directives to its command, but none of the investigations into such crimes has moved beyond the investigative stage.
The UN emphasizes that the real number of cases may be significantly higher: the monitoring group worked only in territory controlled by Ukraine and interviewed about 10% of those released by both sides.