The news of Russian military atrocities against the Ukrainian people is far from over. The latest is the news of the atrocities committed by the Russian army against a 22-year-old Ukrainian woman and her family. It is reported that after gang-raping the woman, the army forced her to have sexual relations with her husband, who was beaten up, and tortured her four-year-old daughter.
The brutality of the Russian army was last March during the capture of the Kyiv region. After brutally raping the young woman, they also sexually assaulted her husband. After that, both of them were asked to have sex in front of the army. According to the report released by the United Nations, their four-year-old daughter was also sexually abused in front of her parents.
Apart from this, the army also gang-raped an 83-year-old woman while capturing a village in Chernihiv region. The elderly woman was tortured by the army in front of her disabled husband. It is also reported that another 56-year-old woman living in the Kyiv region was raped by soldiers after breaking into her house. After the torture, the soldiers looted the food and money kept in their house. The woman learned that her husband had been killed by the army only weeks after the incident.
The incidents show signs that the Russian military views the rape of women as a form of war during the eight-month-long occupation. The United Nations report also explains that some others were arrested and taken to deserted buildings and tortured.
Many of the women who were severely abused later committed suicide. There are also reports of husbands being shot dead by the army who tried to stop them from abusing their wives in front of them. Many of them died after being shot without being able to get medical help. But it is reported that the number of women and girls who have been victims of violence is more than the figures released so far. This conclusion is based on the fact that many of the women are not willing to disclose the information of harassment due to fear of bad name and humiliation. Meanwhile, mental health experts who work to help survivors say that many rape victims blame themselves for being caught by the military.
English Summary: Russian troops gang-raped a 22-year-old Ukrainian mother and made her have sex with her tortured husband