Both warring sides in eastern Ukraine are perpetrating war crimes almost daily, including torturing prisoners and summarily killing them, Amnesty International said in a report on Friday. Former captives of both Ukrainian government and separatist forces said they faced savage beatings, torture with electric shocks, kicking and stabbings, Amnesty said in statement. Hundreds of Ukrainian troops are believed to have been captured by rebel forces in the yearlong war, which has claimed more than 6,100 lives. Both sides routinely accuse one another of mistreating captives. Under a February peace agreement, all war prisoners had been due for release in early March, but little progress has been achieved. Amnesty says it interviewed 17 captives of the separatists and 16 held by government forces for its report.
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