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A situation in which they suffer from lack of food in the destroyed city.
The war, however, inflicts another devastating pain.
“We are using sexual assault as a weapon of war.”
A Ukrainian woman’s horse.
This is reporter Kim Hyun-ji.
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On the 30th of last month, the Ukrainian security service eavesdropped and released the contents of a call from a Russian soldier.
This Russian soldier is telling his wife about the war situation.
[러시아 군인]
“There are three soldiers here who raped a young girl. (Who?) Our men. The girl was 16. (Our troops?) Yeah.”
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Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city, a transportation hub, was heavily bombarded by Russians.
A city that was burnt and torn down. On the battlefield, where people suffer and die, women are more sexually assaulted.
[올하 콘드라텐코 / 하르키우 피난민]
“This is a terrible situation right now. Women who have been raped have come to the hospital and have done that. It’s terrible.”
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A photo released by a Ukrainian lawmaker.
“The corpse of a woman who was raped and murdered. My heart was paralyzed with anger, fear and hatred,” he wrote.
The half-naked belly was engraved with a symbol of the Nazis.
“Three Russian soldiers raped a mother and a 17-year-old daughter at the same time.” – Human rights organization La Strada
“I was raped for 12 hours by Russian soldiers” – Daily Daily
“They were gang raped in the basement, and nine were pregnant” – Human Rights Commissioner, Ukraine
“I had to watch my 16-year-old sister raped on the street” -bbc
[볼로디미르 젤렌스키 / 우크라 대통령]
“Hundreds of cases of sexual assault involving underage girls, very young children and even babies are being investigated. It’s terrifying, but it’s true.”
On the 11th, 12 women were sexually assaulted by Russian soldiers in a village alone.
[카테리나 체레파카 / 라 스트라다(전쟁지원단체)우크라이나 대표]
“Sexual assault is being used as a weapon of war. The numbers disclosed are just the tip of the iceberg.”
About 50,000 people were raped in Yugoslavia in 1991 About 500,000 people were raped in Rwanda in 1994.
International law regards sexual assault during war as a crime equivalent to genocide and strengthens the punishment.
Because they are all crimes against humanity.
This is Kim Hyun-ji from MBC News.
Video Editing: Ahn Joon-hyuk
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