The Security Service of Ukraine has identified three Russian soldiers who raped a Ukrainian woman a year ago during the seizure of part of the Kharkiv region. They are part of the 99th Artillery Regiment of the Russian Army.
The SBU reported this on April 4.
In the spring of 2022, Russian soldiers broke into a house in one of the settlements of the Kharkiv region, where the injured woman lived with her family. Threatening to shoot the family, they forced the woman to go with them. She was blindfolded so that she could not recognize the area. Taking advantage of the fact that the woman could not resist, the soldiers raped her one by one. The woman was injured, this was confirmed by the forensic medical examination.
Now three Russian servicemen have been notified of suspicion under Part 2 of Art. 28, Part 1 of Art. 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine — a violation of the laws and customs of war, committed by a group of persons based on a prior conspiracy.
- In total, the Prosecutor Generalʼs Office recorded 171 cases of sexual violence by Russian soldiers. According to these figures, not only women. Among the injured were 39 men and 13 minors, including a boy.