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The Ukrainian government has found evidence that Russian soldiers sexually abused female prisoners and even Ukrainian girls. Photo/Embassy of Ukraine
Ukrainian Ambassador to Indonesia Vasyl Hamianin said investigators from Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office found testimonies of women who were detained and sexually abused by Russian soldiers.
“Investigators from the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine found this sexual assault problem in every place occupied by Russia, such as Kyiv region, Chernihiv region, Kharkiv region, Donetsk region, and also here in the Kherson region,” said Ambassador Vasyl who was on a break from duty.
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One of the victims of such abuse is Olha, 26 years old. Anna Sosonska, an investigator with the prosecutor general’s office, said that on his eighth or ninth day in Russian custody, she was tied to a table naked up to her waist.
For 15 minutes, interrogators hurled obscenities at him, then threw a jacket over him and let seven male Russian soldiers into the room. Olha said she traumatized her a lot.
Ambassador Vasyl said that after months of delays in the investigative process due to wartime conditions, the Ukrainian government was quicker to document sex crimes committed by Russian soldiers.
“Acts of wartime sexual abuse often remain hidden because of shame, stigma and fear. Investigators found all kinds of war crimes cases: rape, forced nudity, sexual torture,” he stressed, as stated by the Ukrainian embassy in a press release received SINDOnews.comSaturday (7/1/2023).
Amazingly, he continued, barbaric acts beyond human reason were carried out by Russian soldiers against men, women and children. It can be concluded unequivocally that war crimes were committed systematically by the Russian army and among Russian commanders.
Russian officials have repeatedly denied allegations of human rights abuses, despite damning evidence and reports compiled by Ukrainian and international investigators such as the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in October 2022.
