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International Business Times
International Business Times
Business
Lucie PEYTERMANN

Raped By Russian Soldiers, Ukraine Women Speak Out To Erase Stigma

Ukrainian demonstrators protest in Vienna in April 2022 against rapes of Ukrainian women by Russian soldiers (Credit: AFP)

When invading Russian troops advanced towards Kyiv and the first explosions rang out in the suburbs, Daria Zymenko took refuge in Gavronshchyna, her parents' village near the Ukrainian capital.

The Russians took control of Gavronshchyna soon after. One day several soldiers, drunk and armed, burst into the family's home, saying that Zymenko, an illustrator, must be taken in for questioning.

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