Sexual violence activists have told Metro that sexual assault is being used as a weapon of war by the Russian army in Ukraine.
have been using rape as a weapon to terrorise Ukrainian communities, sexual violence activists have said.allegedly assaulting womenExperts have now told Metro.co.uk these rapes are not ‘randomised, individual, opportunistic acts’ but part of a Russian ‘strategy of terror to instil fear’ instead.
They spoke to survivors, local authorities and charities on the ground before concluding there is ‘at least a clear indication, if not evidence, that the Russian hierarchy is not only failing to act [on the rape of Ukrainians] but supporting it’.Both Katrien and the GSF’s Esther Dingemans described rapes being committed in public – often a common indicator that the assault is designed to scare and traumatise the victim’s family members and wider community as well.
Both young girls and boys have allegedly been victims too. Katrien and Esther were told about a girl as young as nine being raped., while a 14-year-old girl who was raped by five men in Bucha is now pregnant. Katrien said: ‘There are so many stories coming out but we have no indication that the Russian high command or the hierarchy is taking any action about it.
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