Russian occupiers raped at least 25 girls aged 14 to 24 in Bucha – Denisova

During the occupation of Bucha, Kyiv region, the Russian occupiers raped about 25 girls and women aged 14 and 24 in the basement of a house.

This was reported by the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Lyudmila Denisova in a comment to the BBC.

“About 25 girls and women aged 14 to 24 were systematically raped during the occupation in the basement of one house in Bucha. Nine of them are pregnant”, Denisova said.

She noted that Russian soldiers had told women that they were raping them to the point that they would not want to have sexual intercourse with any man in order to prevent them from having Ukrainian children.

The ombudsman said that they were receiving several calls on support helplines and also getting information through channels on the Telegram messaging app.

“A 25-year-old woman called to tell us her 16-year-old sister was raped in the street in front of her. She said they were screaming ‘This will happen to every Nazi prostitute’, as they raped her sister, Denisova said.

She noted that it is currently impossible to estimate the scale of sexual crimes committed by Russian troops during the occupation.

“It’s impossible at the moment because not everyone is willing to tell us what happened to them. The majority of them are currently seeking psychological support, so we cannot record those as crimes unless they give us their testimony”, Denisova said.

Earlier, evidence of genocide of the Ukrainians was found in the settlements of Kyiv region after its liberation, including mass killings, torture and rape of civilians.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba called on the mission of the International Criminal Court to come to Kyiv region to gather evidence of Russian war crimes.

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