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On Tuesday April 12, the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, accuses the soldiers of the Russian army of having perpetrated “hundreds of rapes”, including against children, in the areas they have busy in the north of the country.
A tight throat, a Ukrainian from a village near kyiv (Ukraine) recounts the horror she had to face at the beginning of March, when the Russian soldiers arrived. She was at home with her husband. “A young soldier appeared and threatened me with his weapon. (…) He said to me: ‘Undress yourself, or I will kill you’. He started raping me. At that time, four soldiers entered. I thought I was done for, but they kicked him out.” she testifies.
Her attacker, she claims, was a Chechen soldier. Her husband was killed trying to save her. She buried him in her garden. The Russian soldiers who interrupted the rape moved into her home. “When they left, I found drugs and viagra. Most are killers, rapists or thieves“she says. “Hundreds of cases of rape have been recorded, including underage girls, very young children”said Tuesday, April 12, Volodymyr Zelensky.