16/04/2022. BBC to SBS Ukrainian. Russia says it's attacked a factory on the outskirts of Kyiv producing the Neptune anti-ship missiles which Ukraine said it used to hit and disable its flagship, The Moskva, which has since sunk. Here's your update from the BBC...
Nine women and girls pregnant after being raped by Russian troops. About 25 girls and women aged 14 to 24 were systematically raped by Russian troops during the occupation in the basement of one house in Bucha. Nine of them are pregnant, Ukraine’s Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights Lyudmyla Denisova told BBC.
“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 Ukrainian children,” Denisova said. It is impossible at the moment to assess the scale of sexual crimes committed by Russian troops during the occupation because not everyone is willing to tell what happened to them, she added.
She says Ukraine wants a special tribunal to be set up by the United Nations to try Vladimir Putin personally for allegations of war crimes including rape. Denisova earlier said that Russian troops raped children in Bucha and Irpin during the occupation.
