Russian occupier to be judged for raping woman in Kharkiv Oblast

A serviceman of the Russian Armed Forces, a native of the Kyrgyz Republic, will be judged in absentia in Ukraine for the rape of a woman during the occupation of Kharkiv Oblast in early July 2022.

Source: Office of the Prosecutor General

Details: During the pre-trial investigation, it was established that the Russian occupier took part in the military invasion of Ukraine. As part of the Russian army, the soldier occupied part of Kharkiv Oblast in early July 2022.

In a comment to Ukrainska Pravda.Zhyttia, the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office said that in one of the occupied Ukrainian settlements, a 20-year-old Russian serviceman demanded from a local woman he met on the roadside to have sexual relations with him.

Quote from  Office of the Prosecutor General: "Upon hearing her refusal, the accused struck the victim's head and face with the butt of a rifle."

As a result, the woman suffered a fracture of the nasal bones. Later, the Russian occupier, continuing to hit her, forcibly dragged the woman into a forest near the road, where he tore her clothes and raped her.

She escaped and hid in a field marked with signs warning of mine danger. At that time, the armed Russian demanded that the victim return, threatening to kill her.

In the end, the Russian occupier did not search for the woman in the mined field and, after a while, returned to the column of Russian soldiers.

Prosecutors have sent an indictment against the Russian serviceman to court. He will be tried for violating the laws and customs of war (Art. 438.1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

The Office of the Prosecutor General reports that, as of 1 October 2024, law enforcement officers recorded 321 cases of sexual violence related to the full-scale invasion.

The majority of the victims are women – 206, and 115 men also suffered from violence by the Russian occupiers, 16 of whom were minors.

According to the Office of the Prosecutor General, the largest number of cases of sexual violence were recorded in Kherson (99), Donetsk (77) and Kyiv (59) oblasts.

Quote from  the Office of the Prosecutor General: "Prosecutors have recorded crimes committed by the Russian military, such as rape and torture, as well as gender-based violence against mothers, wives, and sisters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine – all of this is nothing else but patterns – a weapon to destroy the Ukrainian nation (genocide)."

Background: Another Russian soldier was sentenced to 12 years in prison for raping a resident of occupied Kherson Oblast.

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