{"id":175793,"date":"2022-04-14T16:10:10","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T13:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=175793"},"modified":"2022-04-14T16:14:35","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T13:14:35","slug":"violence-against-women-as-russian-occupation-instrument","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/violence-against-women-as-russian-occupation-instrument","title":{"rendered":"Violence Against Women as Russian Occupation Instrument"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p>More and more reports of the horrific crimes the Russian troops committed against civilians in the occupied territories are coming to light. Sexual violence, among them, has been a systematic instrument of the Russian occupation of Ukraine.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The BBC reported yet another gruesome war crime Russian invaders did in Bucha, referring to Ukraine&#8217;s ombudsman for human rights Lyudmyla Denisova. <em>&#8220;About 25 girls and women aged 14 to 24 were systematically raped during the occupation in the basement of one house in Bucha. Nine of them are pregnant,&#8221;<\/em> she said.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tactic of rape is aimed at breaking the civil resistance and is consistent with the scorched earth policy. Watch our video explainer of why violence against women is a systematic instrument of Russian occupation.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We used illustrations of Ukrainian artists in this video, find them on Instagram: yuliiatveritina, marikinoo, foya_illustrations, art.malon, unicornandwine, olena_march<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More and more reports of the horrific crimes the Russian troops committed against civilians in the occupied territories are coming to light. Sexual violence, among them, has been a systematic instrument of the Russian occupation of Ukraine. 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