Abroad|The Russian attack
The Ukrainian military released a video alleging a Russian soldier was talking about atrocities he had committed, such as torture. So far, it has not been possible to confirm the data from other sources.
UN said on Tuesday that men and boys may also be among the victims of rape suspected by Russian forces in Ukraine.
It has been reported in the past that Russian forces would use sexual violence as part of their war in Ukraine. For example The UN has said such doubts.
Dozens of alleged cases of sexual violence by Russian forces are currently under investigation, the British newspaper reports. The Guardian.
“I have received unconfirmed reports of sexual violence against men and boys in Ukraine,” he said at a news conference in Kiev on Tuesday. Pramila PattenUN Special Representative for Combating Sexual Violence in War.
Patten according to male rape victims may find reporting the crime particularly challenging. He also warns that the dozens of cases of suspected sexual violence now being investigated are “just the tip of the iceberg”.
Patten urged victims to share their experiences and the international community to find the perpetrators and hold them accountable for their actions. The documentation will help bring charges in the future, he said.
“All warning signs are flashing red in Ukraine when allegations of brutal sexual violence come to light,” he said.
“I am here because we must spare no effort to ensure that these crimes have zero tolerance and are subject to consistent sanctions.”
Ukraine chief prosecutor Iryna Venediktova said at a press conference on Tuesday, his agency gathered evidence of suspected sexual offenses by Russian forces. According to Venediktova, crimes would have been committed against men and women of all ages, from children to the elderly.
According to him, there are few public reports of sexual violence in Ukraine. Some victims have left the country and others are afraid to talk about their experiences. Venediktova said Russia is using rape as a conscious war strategy to intimidate people and make Ukraine surrender.
After thatHowever, when Russian troops withdrew from some of the territories they occupied a month ago, prosecutors and investigators have managed to gather information about the widespread use of sexual violence by Russian troops, says The Guardian.
Among other things, their experiences of mass rape and rape in front of children have been collected from victims and their families.
Commissioner for Human Rights of Ukraine Lyudmila Denisova says documented the stories of 25 women. He said they were kept in the basement and systematically raped in Butcha.
According to forensic examiners who examined the bodies of women buried in mass graves, some of the women had been raped before being killed. He has written about the subject in the past, among other things The Guardian.
The research has received international support. French and Dutch forensic experts have already arrived in the country. Britain has also promised to send investigators to help gather evidence.
UN Special Representative Patten warned that for too long the world has allowed the use of sexual violence as a cheap, quiet and effective weapon that can be used against entire communities. He called rape both biological and psychological warfare.
“It [raiskaus] is effective [ase]as it affects not only the victim but the whole family and communities. ”
According to Patten, the UN is both working with the Ukrainian authorities to support victims and investigating crimes to prepare cases for criminal justice.
Ukrainian investigators have already identified Russian soldiers allegedly responsible for war crimes such as sexual violence. An arrest warrant has been issued for one man charged with rape.
Also other kinds of atrocities have been reported recently. On Tuesday, the Ukrainian army released an alleged telephone conversation in which a soldier of the Russian army fighting in Ukraine talks by telephone with his mother.
From a tape released by the Ukrainian army news Ukrainska pravda magazine. It is known that the data on the tape have not yet been confirmed from other sources.
With the alleged tape, a Russian soldier describes in great detail how he has tortured and killed Ukrainian prisoners of war in very brutal ways and enjoyed it. The soldier also says that after the number of victims of torture exceeded twenty, his conscience stopped ringing.
On the tape, the mother is sympathetic to the stories, as “Ukrainians are not people”.
Of the Russians the violence perpetrated against the civilians by the troops began to unfold a month ago as the occupiers withdrew from the vicinity of the capital, Kiev.
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Russia has denied has committed crimes against its troops and does not intend to launch an investigation into the alleged crimes of its soldiers. On the contrary, Russia, for example, claimed the atrocities committed in Bocha were staged by the Ukrainians or by themselves.
In addition, the president Vladimir Putin rewarded the forces responsible for the horrors of the city, who had “performed exemplary in their military duties”.
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