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War between Ukraine and RussiafileNearly two months after the start of the war in Ukraine, testimonies from victims of rape and sexual violence are mounting. The UN is calling for an independent investigation to be launched.
Among the bodies of hundreds of civilians found in the Kyiv region after Russian troops withdrew, that of a woman, whose name is not known, lies in a basement. Slumped in a chair, wearing a fur coat, her legs bare. Shot in the head in Boutcha. Upstairs, police found torn condom wrappers and a used condom, according to a New York Times article. According to Lyudmyla Denisova, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Ukrainian Assembly, one case of sexual abuse among many others.
On her Telegram account, the sixty-year-old with the blond square publishes the list of crimes committed by the Russian army since the beginning of the war. In addition to the attacks on civilians, more and more victims are coming out of silence to denounce cases of rape and sexual violence in the areas recently “liberated” from Moscow. In Boutcha, a 14-year-old girl was raped by five crew members. She is now pregnant.” “An 11-year-old boy was raped in front of his mother, tied to a chair and forced to watch the scene.” “In the Kharkiv region, the Russian occupier has held a 29-year-old woman for over a week long raped.” Among 25 girls and women “s…