AT Ukraine has committed human rights violations “that can be equated with war crimes,” Matilda Bogner, head of the UN human rights monitoring mission, told a briefing.
According to her, she received information about rapes and threats of sexual violence during visits to 14 cities in the areas around Kyiv and Chernihiv.
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“Women and girls are the most frequently cited victims,” Bogner said.
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In addition, the UN has documented 204 abduction cases since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on February 24.
Bogner stressed that it is not only Russians who commit war crimes.
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“We have received reliable information about the torture, ill-treatment and detention of prisoners of war by the Ukrainian armed forces belonging to the Russian army and related armed groups,” Bogner said.
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Russia and Ukraine “must immediately and effectively investigate” information about war-related crimes and “instruct their forces” to stop further violations, Bogner said.
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The UN mission in Ukraine has also identified hundreds of damaged or destroyed educational and medical facilities and about 50 temples.
At a briefing in Geneva, Bogner added that the number of civilians killed since the start of the war was “thousands higher” than the reported 3,381 casualties.
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Mortality is also rising in Ukraine, as many people do not have access to medical care.
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