Ukrainian Ombudsman announced 400 cases of rape of civilians by military of Russian Federation

more than 400 facts of rape of civilians by the Russian military during the occupation of the Kyiv region were recorded. The same crimes are committed in other temporarily captured regions. This was told by the authorized by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Human Rights Lyudmila Denisova in an interview with “suspension”.

“At the end of March, our military began to free the Kiev region. Calls began, people said that they became victims of sexual violence. We organized a free round -the -clock hot line with Unisef to provide psychological support. From April 1 to 14 there were 400 such calls. Now they are also ongoing, ”she said.

According to Denisova, these are very terrible cases. The military of the Russian Federation mocked not only over girls and women, but even over children, elderly people and men.

Ukrainians also report cases of violence in temporarily occupied territories. The Ombudsman believes that such atrocities occur in Mariupol. She added that in order to hide the traces of their crimes, Russian military personnel began to burn the bodies of Ukrainians.