Zelenskyy says Russia is building torture chambers in southern Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Russian troops in southern Ukraine have been carrying out torture and kidnappings as he called on the world to respond (Evgeniy Maloletka/AP)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Russian troops in southern Ukraine have been carrying out torture and kidnappings as he called on the world to respond.

“Torture chambers are built there,” Mr Zelenskyy said in an evening address to the nation.