Gang-rape and genital electrocution: How Russia's war crimes in Ukraine could go un-prosecuted
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- Опубликовано: 13 мар 2023
- One month into living under Russian occupation in northern Ukraine, Marina cycled cautiously through her village. She was five doors from her elderly parents’ blue garden gate when three soldiers ordered her to stop. Grabbing her hair, they dragged Marina into a neighbour’s empty house.
“They forced me to strip naked,” the 47-year-old said, picking at the skin around her fingernails. “I asked them not to touch me, but they said: ‘Your Ukrainian soldiers are killing us’.”
Marina paused, wiped her tears and tried to steady her shaking hands. “They were shooting their guns inches away from my head so I couldn’t move or run,” she said. “Then they started raping me.”
Weeks after a Ukrainian town is liberated, its civilians are visited by sexual violence prosecutors and asked an indirect question: “Did the Russians behave?”
The answers have been harrowing; men’s genitals have been electrocuted, women forced to parade naked, and children as young as four orally raped.
The use of rape in war has existed for as long as there has been conflict. It’s used to terrorise and degrade a community, and has been committed in 17 ongoing conflicts around the world. Yet although it is deemed a war crime under international law, it mostly remains undisclosed and hidden under layers of stigma and fear.
Now, Ukraine has become the first country to begin documenting the mounting evidence while its troops battle on.
“We have seen forced nudity, rapes, sexual torture, children forced to watch rapes,” said Iryna Didenko, the lead prosecutor of the new unit, speaking in a heavily-guarded government building lined with sandbags in Kyiv. “Women have been told by Russians: ‘Say hello to your husband for me’ while being raped.”
Cases have been reported in all regions occupied by Russia over the past year; Kyiv, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Donetsk and Kherson, she said. Officially, 171 victims have agreed to start legal proceedings, though investigators believe the number is “much, much higher”. The victims are aged four to 82, and include 39 men, and 13 children.
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#Putin #WarCrimes #Russia
There is no punishment hard enough for those thugs who committed those evil crimes. Their victims have to live with the terrible violations for a lifetime. I hope every perpetrator gets caught.
Lmao
@@diasflac0g what’s funny about this?
@@formicapple2 Britain this is so funny
and USA government still doesnt give Ukraine ATACMS long range missiles, prefers just to sit and watch Ukrainians raped and murdered.
they asked for it
Rape is a form of torture and control. Unfortunately, it happens often during war to old, young, male and female.
There was a mass public rape of men in Chechnya by Russian forces. They raped a woman in front of a large group of men, mocked/taunted them to defend her honor and the 68 men who stepped up were stripped, handcuffed and raped there too.
theres a lot of rape out there
It's part of their culture @@kimnelson9910
Repeat of WW2 behavior according to some of my elderly female friends who lived in Berlin.
@@esvedra2419thats not propaganda
Berlin raped first
Rape is a form of torture, the women and men who survive deserve the equivalent of an American 'Purple Heart.' Also, if the survivors can view captured Russians, those POWs should never be allowed to claim, 'It was war. I did what I was told to do.' Communities must view rape survivors like the people wounded by rifles and shrapnel. Report the injury for care and compassion. Treatment may be lifelong.
and USA government still doesnt give Ukraine ATACMS long range missiles, prefers just to sit and watch Ukrainians raped and murdered.
Absolutely, such actions are even more deliberate than artillery shells. Truly disgusting
What else expect from monsters?
and USA government still doesnt give Ukraine ATACMS long range missiles, prefers just to sit and watch Ukrainians raped and murdered.
monsters kill their own, they have nothing but evil
@Andrew Tate 2.0 how doest Tates dong taste like?
monsters? its just human nature
@@quanganhdinh418 edgy😂
Not humans, simply animals.
Hey, leave animals alone. Even animals don't do these stuffs.
@@donovan8747 wait actually they do
@@obruxo.6816 Can't wait until they drop a big bomb on Ukraine
and USA government still doesnt give Ukraine ATACMS long range missiles, prefers just to sit and watch Ukrainians raped and murdered.
Animals DO NOT RAPE female animals.!! Get that right out of your stupid head.
These horrible acts , must be accounted for as a tragic consequence, of the carelessness act and dark mind of one.
No
“Accounted for as tragic consequences”
Hopefully therapists trained in EMDR will be able to help the victims of assault...and ANY Ukrainian who is traumatized by this brutal war. EMDR is truly a life saving therapy!!!
History seems to repeat itself they need to punish all soldiers that do this
The NATO countries did this stuff during the war in iraq and afganistan... The western is just as bad as everyone else during war.
Prayers for the victims.
I am so sorry🙏
This is a world without law, police. This is what happens when humans run wild we are animals and will behave as such in the right environment.
Men☕
@@banyasimpson07 lol true
@@banyasimpson07 false
This is not what the world is, but it is how the world will be under russia
@@banyasimpson07there’s a whole lot of men who act like animals, but remember that there are always women who follow suit and do the same crimes they do. Aiding them and such. Remaining on their side despite the horrible things they’re doing. There’s a lot of men doing bad things in this war. But behind every man is a mother or a wife who doesn’t protest quite enough. And within every government are women making as many decisions as the men. Putin is not housed up with only men. There’s no room for sexist remarks in regards to a war. Women would start wars too, if they were given the opportunity. So long as humans stay divided, there will always be greed whispering in a leaders ear saying “take from others” no matter the gender. There will always be military and tanks and guns and people dying. No matter who is in charge. And women leaders will face dangers men have never faced. A great lot of people don’t want to see a woman lead, and many would attempt to kill any woman in charge. More than people want to kill Biden, or Trump, or Obama. And when one is being attacked, they need to set up defenses. And defensives are a sign that war is on a brink. Other countries would target one country with a woman leader. So they remain in the background, hidden where people cannot see them. They aid the wars in secrecy. They help plan and fund. It’s not all men. Women are just too hated to even been seen as part of the discussion. But they’re still there
EVIL🤬
I only hope that justice is done as soon as possible... I hope that all the victims of these atrocious acts can have the strength to go on and have a life as happy as possible❤
Sounds like a party..
Vengeance is mine says the Lord, I will repay. Dear God hold these dear people of Ukraine who have suffered so much, your love covers a multitude of sins and reaches the darkest places to bring healing and life.
AMEN
It hasn’t been even two years, but the world is already forgetting
Great reporting
Creatures that crawled out of hell
Russia is hell.
I learned torture and rape is wrong from WW2.
War is the Devil’s playground.
It's how Russia rewards loyalty. A deeply penetrating Russian custom .
@@hahahaaha7208i know right its very "shocking". 😂
Does the russian govt give their soldiers endless vodka? I’m not taking these situations lightly but trying to understand the psychology behind soldiers drafted against their will soon turning into monsters.
Yes. The mystery of deep Russian culture.The unfair russophobia and discrimination and persecution of Russians in the neighboring countries. That must be the reason Russians are so enraged...
@@EeeEee-bm5gx fek the Russians. I frankly do not care any longer. They can live horribly in Russia AND NOT HERE
@@madeanaccounttospillthebor9568 the problem is that Russians want all others to live as they do -- in deep deep 💩
@@madeanaccounttospillthebor9568 btw I think RUclips algorithm partially blocks your comment.
@B. B. B.: Putin's recruiting the dregs of his prisons; it's not particularly surprising that they behave as 'monsters'.
Horrible
The rapist wen they die the way they diserve their father will defend them it's disgusting how the world works
A large majority of them will be caught. Its just gonna be super slow just the way justice likes to work.
they will never be caught lol
🙏🙏🙏🇺🇦
In war EVERYTHING happens and unfortunately there is nothing stopping war crimes .Hence diplomacy is important and war should not happen.once a war starts no one can put rules on people sent with arms with sole purpose of killing
Geneva Suggestion
What are we doing to make sure our allies are not doing similar acts?
Obeying the rules of war, that's what.
😢
not again russia this is ain’t 1945 in berlin my god
Russian mobs took the opportunity to lynch.
People age between 4 and 82😭?
Yes??
Russia wil have to live with this for over 100 years!
i swear... i will never ever forget... i will never ever forget what putin did our country... i will never... 😡😡
Well
Slavic culture at its finest 😂
street shiter
slavs eat cow god for breakfast
Orcs from mordor bringing their pax russiana.
смерть варварам
Here say and speculation.
Propaganda at its finest
Astaghfiruallah
???
so will she also bring charges against the azov neo nazist battalion who for 8 years have been murdering and raping 13.000 of Russian speaking Ukr with the help of the Ukr army
Exactly
The war started in 2014 when Russia invaded the east of Ukraine. Ukraine has desperately trying to defend themselves against the invaders ever since. There is no persecution of Russian speakers in Ukraine. The azovbattalion themselves are Russian speakers because they come from the east of Ukraine. There never was or is a civil war in Ukraine, only an invasion by Russia started in 2014. Russia has occupied parts of the east of Ukraine since 2014 and have persecuted the locals on those territories with imprisonments and torture ever since. As a result by the time of the new invasion in 2022 then half of the population there had fled to parts of Ukraine under Ukrainian control
Isn't that Russias job ?
@@hannahdyson7129 meaning what excatly
Conveniently such things are not mentioned.
ZOV👍👍👍👍👍
slava obame! slava bandere! v zhopu rashku!
Uraaaaa
lol
Russian world.
Is it true that playing Tetris w/in a few hours of a traumatic event will decrease chances of ptsd? Also send these poor folks some ketamine & psilocybin
Just the Russians?The azovs were gentlemen?
Looks like it .
Russia makes Azov look like gentlemen
I'll put all these allegations into the things that never happened tray Jim.
Classic Putin
Total disgrace to humanity. Worse than IS.
Total disgrace to humanity.
Total disgrace to humanity, and also those cowards that support it.
And total disgrace to those that support it.
Yes. The mystery of deep Russian culture.The unfair russophobia and discrimination and persecution of Russians in the neighboring countries. That must be the reason Russians are so enraged...
I found the Russian bot.
@@maestroofamore8948 the problem here is that Russia is such a joke lately that it becomes impossible to tell if it's a joke or a joke. I hope we can agree with that at least
There is no excuse for that sort of behaviour they are cowards picking on defenceless woman
Those who spoke out about rusofobia are usually lives far far far away from russians. People in the neighbor countrys knows the truth
@@maestroofamore8948 this is sarcasm
desinformation
What is that in English?
The victims should hand down the punishment for each war criminal rat indecent so called personal
Sounds like hunter biden was one of the soliders
No, all rusians
Donald Trump likes this
@@hannahdyson7129 another rapist.
✡️ news
Any problem in the world: A
Uneducated person: B-BUT T-THE JEWS 🥹
Fake propaganda spread by Ludmila Denisova!!!
propaganda dogs
f off, see the world for yourself.
-Rape victim goes to TV crew and tells them how she was raped so the whole world knows about it.
-Isn't "comfortable" to tell the police
Some want to get the perpetrators at all cost, whilst others are uncomfortable to go to the police and either do or don’t. The news just comes after and usually without consent.
but why there is stil women on Ukraine? The government already told that women needs to evacuate and only men should stay to fight. Why they don't follow orders? This could never happened if they went out before!
hmm remember that most of the women left are the Russian speaking ppl of Ukr it is said that millions of Ukr speaking women left Ukr and we also have azov the now nazist battalion and I for 1 do not believe everything coming out of Ukr or the fake news media
Other places cannot take refugees and evacuated people, and not everyone is safe even after, plus most do not leave.
Shut up! And stop blaming the victim.
All their fault then? They do this to men as well
@@hannahdyson7129 is women fault. Government told them when the war started that they should leave the country and only men should stayed.
It’s so stupid because Ukraine is doing most of the stuff and then putting the Russian down
Propaganda and Liars
Propaganda
Bish, where?
Prat
Vatnik
101% propaganda 🤣
@@killuazoldyck8169 Russian bot
Liars
hi
fascist
@@paulm7243 liar
When it happens to u , nobody will believe u
@@anya8861 that's what your armies do they don't
If this actually happened, this would have been all over the news daily. Please report real news
It was all over the news,
Yea just like the invasion is fake too those are paid actors right little brain wash russian
Your mother...
This is the news.
@@osheridan no this is propaganda and lies
Брехня. Fake.
Also your country is illiterate garbage and always was
+15 рублей
@@oxygen553 Joker 🤣 where is the proof ???
@@oxygen553 Shut up Bandera
American people. Never give up your guns.
I heard about some Ukrainian men committing rape as well. Stop trying to gaslight me.
Source
Who said they haven't? All should be held accountable!
"It's about me"
@@Mosin-Nagant Ukraine and Russia are doing these things, Though it does seem that the Russians are far more brutal still.
obviously but they are not doing r@@e festival like russia is doing from its foundation.
🤣🤣🤣🕵🏻♀️ Where is the evidence 🐖 ???🤣🤣🤣.....fake propaganda 🤣....
Ivan, please make at least a small effort to sound believable.
No evidence Russian women were raped by the Germans in World War ll
The Battle of Stalingrad never happend
The Russians made it up