The killed friend and the raped woman To collect the bitter testimony of the mayor is the “Corriere della Sera”. The Russian armies are not far from the town of Brovary, and Sapozhko has a sad story to tell about a friend of his, Oleksiy Zdorovets, 36, a former town secretary, and his young wife Maryna. The Russian military broke into her house in the village of Nova Bohdanivka, killed him in cold blood and raped her, neighbors told the mayor.
“They found her naked and confused next to her little son,” says Sapozhko. “But we still couldn’t get her to safety.” Local social media also wrote the name of the rapist: it is Russian officer Mikhail Romanov, who has already been killed by Ukrainian soldiers. According to reports, another woman was raped in the neighboring village of Baryshivka.
The stories of contemporary witnesses It seems that Marynas is not an isolated case. “From the testimonies says the mayor of Brovary it appears that some Russian commanders incite their soldiers to attack the wives and daughters of our soldiers or civilian volunteer fighters that they find in the houses. In other situations, however, we know that they punished the rapists. We have been informed from several sources that in the first days of the war, in at least one case, they injured our female soldiers who were captured during the battle at Hostomel Airport.
rape of war In short, the issue of wartime rape is also relevant in this operation, after the systematic abuses in many conflicts in the past, from that in the former Yugoslavia to that in Chechnya or Syria. In Ukraine, after parts of the country went under Russian control, sexual violence is becoming a concern. Volodymyr Andriiets, a doctor, says many of the victims tell of rape. “We have no medical evidence he specifies because direct witnesses and victims are trapped in the areas occupied by the advancing Russian army. Many of the dead are buried between houses in makeshift graves.” And it is also said that after the violence, the victims would be hanged or cut into pieces to remove any evidence.
Deputy Prime Minister: Raped and killed Ukrainian women Olha Stefanishyna told Sky News about “terrible stories” about Ukrainian women who were “raped and murdered” by the Moscow military. “Every single soldier who committed this war crime will be held accountable,” he added. “Ukrainian women, we will remain united and prevail.”
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