Ukrainian first lady Olena seeks global response to rape in war

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Ukraine first lady Olena Zelenska on Tuesday demanded a ‘global response’ to the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war, saying Kyiv prosecutors were investigating more than 100 possible crimes by Russian soldiers, reports Agence France-Presse from London.
Speaking at the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative conference in London, Zelenska said that the investigations were ‘just a small’ fraction of the true number of such crimes being committed in the Ukraine conflict.
“The opportunities for the occupiers widened to humiliating Ukrainians and unfortunately, sexual violence and sexual crimes are within their arsenal,” she said.
“Everyone knows about the huge numbers of rapes,” she told delegates on the first day of the UK government-hosted event.
“They’re (Russian soldiers) very open about this.”
But victims are afraid to speak out over the stigma and fears that those responsible may return and do it again, Zelenska warned.