The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) went on a visit to Ukraine from  May to June 2025, and today it published its Report, which shows positive findings in the surveys of psychiatric hospitals and social care homes (“internat”) in different regions (Lviv, Kiev, Vinnytsia and Odessa), places that are home to a great number of evacuees coming from war zones in the eastern part of the Country. It is the CPT’s second visit to Ukraine since the beginning of the aggression by the Russian Federation in February 2022, and the result is basically encouraging. The Committee did not report any physical abuse by the staff. The general atmosphere felt relaxed, and relations between the staff and the patients were judged as good. Violence between patients is rare, not serious and readily handled by the staff. Forced medical treatment procedures are generally adhered to, and patients have access to legal assistance and court hearings. Criticalities included the living conditions, since there is a deep difference between the renovated wards (with small, personalised rooms) and the old ones, which have been described as cramped, stark and lacking privacy. Social care homes lack doctors and nurses, and key rehabilitation professionals, such as physiotherapists, social workers and occupational therapists, are lacking in the hospitals too. Another criticality is the fact that treatments are almost exclusively based on pharmacotherapy. The Ukrainian Government replied to the Report by describing the reforms that are taking place now.