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Ukrainian soldiers have suffered serious physical abuse at the hands of their officers, including being kept in cages, Kiev MP Yulia Yatsik said on Monday. She was commenting on a media exposé published earlier in the day.

Some victims sustained cracked skulls and ruptured internal organs as a result of beatings, the lawmaker stated in an interview with online Ukrainian outlet Novini.Live. Others have been kept in cages for failing to submit to officers, she added. Military investigators have had evidence of the crimes for months, Yatsik stressed.