rape Archives - Euromaidan Press

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Latest news Ukraine

365 verified cases, 10-20 unreported for each: UN estimates scale of sexual assault in Russian occupied territories

Some 19 Russian soldiers have been convicted in absentia for sexual violence since 2022, while Ukraine's Office of the Prosecutor General has verified 365 cases involving survivors aged four to 80

byMaria Tril

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Latest news Ukraine

Russian soldier charged with sexual slavery of Ukrainian woman forcibly held 18 months in Russia

Ukrainian authorities have charged a Russian soldier with war crimes for allegedly raping and kidnapping a 21-year-old woman from Izium, then holding her in sexual slavery for 18 months in Belgorod.

byOrysia Hrudka

vlasova torture rape russian prison court

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15 Russians raped her for false confession – Ukrainian mother gets 18-year sentence after years of torture in secret Russian prison

A Russian kangaroo court against Ukrainians inadvertently revealed the chilling torture practices at the Izolyatsia "death factory” treated as “entertainment” by her captors.

byOrysia Hrudka

A potential suspect, a Russian soldier who allegedly held a Ukrainian woman in sexual slavery.

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Latest news Ukraine

Russian soldier charged with month-long captivity and rape of Ukrainian woman

Ukrainian prosecutors have identified a 37-year-old Russian serviceman suspected of kidnapping and sexually abusing a Ukrainian woman during the Kherson occupation. Authorities say the victim endured over a month of captivity, facing "systematic rape" and brutal punishment for disobedience.

byVira Kravchuk

Protest against rape by Russian soldiers in front of the Russian embassy in Tallinn, Estonia. Photo: Rubryka

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Latest news Ukraine

Ukraine to pay urgent reparations to victims of Russian wartime sexual violence

This groundbreaking initiative is the first case in the history of reparations measures that addresses the needs of survivors without waiting for the aggressor country to pay damages.

byVira Kravchuk

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Latest news Ukraine

UN identifies 85 cases of sexual violence committed by Russian troops in Ukraine in 2023

The UN report reveals that sexual violence was often used as a method of torture against Ukrainian men held captive by Russian armed forces and law enforcement authorities.

byVira Kravchuk

torture chamber Vovchansk, Kharkiv Oblast

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Russian War Crimes

“Welcome to hell”: UN report exposes Russia’s systematic torture, killings, and crimes against humanity in Ukraine

"No creature alive deserves to be treated like Russians treat Ukrainians in their detention facilities," a Ukrainian POW told the UN commission

byOrysia Hrudka

Ukrainian POW tortured in Russian prison

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First-hand accounts

“I chewed that mouse between my teeth”: Ukrainian POW details torture, starvation in Russian camp

Starved nearly to death in Russian custody, Ukrainian soldier Oleksiy Anulia resorted to eating worms and mice to survive sadistic torture, revealing the scale of abuse in harrowing detail.

byChristine Chraibi