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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rory Sullivan

Russian troops using rape as ‘instrument of war’, claims Ukraine’s prosecutor general

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Russian troops are allegedly using rape “as an instrument of war”, with the Ukrainian prosecutor general accusing invading soldiers of breaking into a home near Kyiv before shooting dead a Ukrainian man and then sexually assaulting his wife.

Iryna Venediktova said the alleged crime took place in Brovary, one of the capital’s eastern suburbs. She added that the victim’s child was present when the incident happened.

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