UN: 16,000+ Ukrainian civilians still detained by Russia, many tortured

For four years, the machinery of war has swallowed more than 16,000 Ukrainian civilians into Russian detention — many held in silence, beyond the reach of law or family. Before the UN Security Council on Monday, human rights officials and survivors placed this reality into the record: systematic torture, documented executions, and a bureaucratic impunity that international institutions can name but not yet stop. It is a confrontation between the architecture of accountability and the brute fact of power, and for now, power is winning.