Russian troops in Bucha turned to sexual violence against Ukrainian women, killing some, impregnating others | Businessinsider

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The Ukrainian region of Bucha has been host to some of the war's worst atrocities. Sexual violence against women is 'the new weapon' used by Russian troops, a Ukrainian official said.

that a group of"About 25 girls and women aged 14 to 24 were systematically raped during the occupation in the basement of one house in Bucha."

"Russian soldiers told them they would rape them to the point where they wouldn't want sexual contact with any man, to prevent them from having Ukrainian children," she said, adding that nine of them wound up pregnant. Denisova told the outlet that it's currently"impossible" to gauge how widespread the sexual violence against women is in the region because not everyone is willing to speak up about it.

"The majority of them currently call for psychological support, so we cannot record those as crimes unless they give us their testimony," she added.

 

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