Mass grave found in Ukraine as women and girls 'systemically raped' by Russians
dailyrecord.co.ukA mass grave has been discovered in the Ukrainian city of Bucha amid reports that nine women and girls are pregnant after being "systematically raped" by Russian troops.
A total of 25 known female victims, some as young as 14, were subject to horrific sexual abuse at the hands of Putin's soldiers after the area was seized.
The United Nations has warned of widespread sexual violence as the Russian invasion rages on, with Ukraine ’s human rights commissioner Lyudmyla Denisova saying victims were falling pregnant after being raped in the street.
Speaking to the BBC, she said: "Nine of them are pregnant. Russian soldiers told them they would rape them to the point where they wouldn't want sexual contact with any man, to prevent them from having children. "A 25-year-old woman called us to say her 16-year-old sister was raped in the street in front of her." In another horrifying report of sexual violence, a woman in Kyiv described being raped while her husband shot, the Mirror reports.
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