Ukraine’s largest assault regiment is under investigation over allegations of torturing its own recruits and at least 26 noncombat deaths

Ukraine has suspended Lieutenant Colonel Yuriy Harkavyi, commander of the 425th Separate Assault Regiment “Skala,” pending a probe launched after a Babel investigation into torture and the deaths of several servicemen that the military classified as “unrelated to combat.” The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced the move on June 25.