Prosecutor General of Ukraine Andriy Kostin said in an interview on September 19, 2022, that the Prosecutor General’s Office was investigating several dozen cases of sexual violence by Russian military and has identified five children between the ages of 4 and 16 who were victims of such a crime.
Source: Prosecutor General of Ukraine Andriy Kostin
“There are cases established in criminal proceedings of sexual violence against children. Five children between the ages of 4 and 16 have been identified as victims of this category of war crimes. But we all understand that there are more such crimes than I have already mentioned. This is a difficult job.”
According to Prosecutor General, they work with children with the direct participation of a psychologist who helps investigators. In particular, in some cases, some testimonies can be used as evidence in these criminal proceedings.
“You know that any sexual crimes have very high latency, sorry for that word, it’s a legal term. That is, such crimes are committed much more than is known because many people do not want to communicate for various reasons. Therefore, we can rely only on those facts regarding which we have certain statements and regarding which certain testimony is provided,” – summed up the Prosecutor General.
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