Pramila Patten, the UN Secretary-General’s envoy on sexual violence, announced that the United Nations has sent investigation teams to Ukraine to review reports of sexual violence.
In an interview with the Italian newspaper La Stampa, Patten said, “I was in Kyiv and Lvov, I did not personally meet the victims of sexual abuse, but I talked to NGOs and government officials and reported they that they have a large number of documents. . The sexual assault incidents they are investigating… United Nations He sent teams from investigators to the field to understand the number of cases and collect documents. Of course, it takes time to do the necessary tests, but it is a necessary job. “
He said he had received information about similar cases involving minors, as well as on death threats or in the presence of the victim’s family members.
Noting that rape is being used as a means of struggle in Ukraine, Patten confirmed that “men and women of Ukraine” have been raped, emphasizing that the perpetrators are not just on one side of the conflict.
“We have received reports of sexual violence by Ukrainian forces. These are the cases that I brought to the attention of government officials while I was in Kiev, and I must say that there was no denial or opposition from them. ” . He also said he plans to meet with Vasily Nebenzia, Russia’s permanent representative to the United Nations, this week.
On Monday, the UN Security Council is expected to discuss issues related to the conflict of sexual violence and human trafficking in relation to the situation in Ukraine. Patten will present a report on this topic in the session via a video link. The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, will also attend the meeting.
The Verkhovna Rada voted last week to dismiss Ukraine’s human rights commissioner, Lyudmila Denisova, including several statements by Russia’s military about sexual violence against Ukrainian citizens. Deputy for the People’s Servant Pavel Frolov explained that “the incomprehensible focus of the Commissioner for Human Rights in the press on complaints about many details of sexual crimes committed in unnatural ways”, which he could not verification of evidence. Ukraine was just hurt.
Yelena Shishkina, head of the Committee on Administrative and Criminal Legislation of the People’s Assembly of the Donetsk Republic, told the Novosti agency that the scope of war crimes committed by Ukrainian fighters is much wider than the crimes of the Nazis . in the Nuremberg trials. He pointed out that the speech was about the genocide of the Russian -speaking population, the use of unauthorized measures during conflicts, taking hostages, using the civilian population as human shields, intentional killings, damage to body, including serious injuries. theft, robbery, torture and rape.
The President of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Denis Pushlin, previously stated in an interview with the “Novosti Agency” that the Ukrainian army is involved in heinous crimes and torture such as nationalists. He said there was evidence that “some representatives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have committed less heinous and brutal crimes-related to torture, rape, sadistic murder and other things-not worse. than the individual representatives of the “Azov” battalion.
Source: RIA Novosti
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