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"I thought I would be killed": Sexual violence committed by Russians in Kharkiv Oblast

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I thought I would be killed: Sexual violence committed by Russians in Kharkiv Oblast

Among the war crimes committed by Russians, sexual violence is the most difficult to investigate. Prosecutors have documented several cases of rape in Kharkiv Oblast, but the true scale may be much larger. These war crimes are perhaps the most difficult for victims to talk about. hromadske found a 72-year-old woman who survived sexual violence in Kharkiv Oblast. For three days, the occupiers were drinking, robbing, looking for women on the street where Olena (name changed) lives. Once at one in the morning, a drunk Russian soldier broke into her house. He said that other soldiers were waiting outside.
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