The Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine accused two Russian snipers of a series of rapes during the occupation of the Kyiv region

In Ukraine, two Russian snipers were charged in absentia with a series of rapes during the occupation of the Kyiv region. this The Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine reported .

28-year-old and 31-year-old servicemen of the 15th separate guards motorized rifle brigade of the sniper company of the Russian Armed Forces are accused of committing sexualized violence and cruel treatment of the civilian population (Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

According to investigators, in March 2022, during the occupation of the Kyiv region, two military men broke into the house of a young couple at gunpoint and took turns raping the wife, forcing her husband to watch. Subsequently, one of the accused raped the couple’s 4-year-old daughter, the Office of the Prosecutor General reported.

After that, according to prosecutors, the defendants broke into another house, where they raped a pregnant woman and a minor girl at gunpoint. On the same day, they broke into another house and tried to rape its resident, but received resistance and moved on.

In the next house, the defendants “isolated the mother and her minor daughter in separate rooms and took turns raping them.” The Office of the Prosecutor General said that at this time the military locked the family members living in the house in the kitchen so that they could not resist.

In total, according to investigators, 12 people suffered from the criminal actions of the two military men.

Since February 24, 2022, the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine has recorded 235 cases of war-related sexual violence. The actions of Russian military personnel injured 150 women and 85 men, the Prosecutor General said in a statement.

“150 women and 85 men suffered from the actions of Russian military personnel. 13 minors were injured, including 12 girls and 1 guy (a type of sexual violence not related to rape),” reports the Office of the Prosecutor General.

The most crimes were registered in Kherson (72), Donetsk (55), Kyiv (52) and Kharkov (21) regions.