<p>Ukraine said Friday it had discovered at least 10 locations in territory recaptured from Russian forces in the east of the country that had been used for torture.</p>.<p>As Ukrainian troops have retaken swathes of territory in the north east, officials have said they feared discovering Russian war crimes in newly-liberated areas.</p>.<p>"I can talk about the presence of at least 10 torture centres in settlements" in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine's police chief Igor Klymenko said during a briefing, the Interfax news agency reported.</p>.<p>He said "two torture centres were found in Balakliya", a town in the northeast.</p>.<p>Klymenko also said authorities had opened 204 criminal cases probing possible war crimes committed by Russian forces over the past week.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, <em>AFP </em>journalists saw hundreds of graves in a forest next to the recaptured city of Izyum, after Kyiv announced the discovery of mass burial sites.</p>
<p>Ukraine said Friday it had discovered at least 10 locations in territory recaptured from Russian forces in the east of the country that had been used for torture.</p>.<p>As Ukrainian troops have retaken swathes of territory in the north east, officials have said they feared discovering Russian war crimes in newly-liberated areas.</p>.<p>"I can talk about the presence of at least 10 torture centres in settlements" in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine's police chief Igor Klymenko said during a briefing, the Interfax news agency reported.</p>.<p>He said "two torture centres were found in Balakliya", a town in the northeast.</p>.<p>Klymenko also said authorities had opened 204 criminal cases probing possible war crimes committed by Russian forces over the past week.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, <em>AFP </em>journalists saw hundreds of graves in a forest next to the recaptured city of Izyum, after Kyiv announced the discovery of mass burial sites.</p>