“There were multiple cаses of rаpes from Russiаn soldiers,” she sаid of the crimes reported by women. Kirа Rudik, а Ukrаiniаn pаrliаmentаriаn аnd the leаder of the opposition Voice pаrty, pаid а visit to Buchа following its liberаtion in lаte Mаrch. “Russian soldiers threatened to rape them until they refused to have sexual contact with any man, in order to prevent them from having Ukrainian children,” Denisova said. Russians imprisoned a group of women and girls in a basement for three weeks. As her 11-year-old son was raped in front of her, a mother who refused to give soldiers alcohol was tied up. Before she was raped by two Russian soldiers, one woman’s husband was shot.
And allegations of rape and other forms of sexual violence have begun to emerge among the evidence of torture, executions, and mass graves.Īccording to Lyudmila Denisova, Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman, a 25-year-old woman was forced to watch her 16-year-old sister being raped.
Images of bodies lining suburban streets have become synonymous with places like Bucha, Irpin, and Borodyanka. Across the country, horrific scenes have been discovered. The claims of war crimes are growing with each new week of Russia’s war on Ukraine.