Ukrainian prosecutor's office identified two Russian soldiers involved in rapes in Ukraine. Prosecutor General Irina Venediktova speaks about the complexity and delicacy of war rape investigations.

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" Since 2014, these atrocities have been committed in the occupied territories - both rape and torture. Let me remind you about Isolation, which is being investigated. Therefore, of course, we have an investigation methodology,"

After the Ukrainian army liberated the Kyiv, Chernihiv and Sumy regions, evidence of rapes, including group rapes, by the Russian military of Ukrainians in the occupied territories began to appear..

The methodology for investigating rape in wartime is different from that in peacetime. In peacetime rape, investigators conduct rapid examinations almost immediately after the rape in order to obtain an effective result of the investigation.. In war conditions, an examination with a victim can take place not for hours, but after weeks, months.

The Prosecutor General says that a lot of such crimes are being committed now, including in the occupied Kherson region.

“We must remember that inside the investigations of such crimes there is a person who suffered... A person who experienced the most terrible stress in his life. Therefore, we must do everything to make such a person feel protected.. If he feels protected, he will apply to law enforcement agencies,"

Many victims in the liberated territories are afraid, the prosecutor general continued, that Russian troops will return and kill them..

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She is sure that after the end of the war there will be a lot of such cases when people feel safe.. “Today we have three victims and two established criminals,” Venediktova added..

Criminal proceedings on charges of one and the Russian military in rape sent to court. The first meeting, where he will be judged in absentia, will be held on June 23.

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