According to the UN, Russian troops have raped over 100 Ukrainian women, some of whom were only four years old.

 

According to incriminating evidence gathered by the UN, Russian troops are using rape as a weapon of war against Ukrainians.

Although more than

100 cases of rape against Ukrainians during the eight-month battle have been confirmed, according to Pramila Patten, a UN special envoy on sexual violence, the actual number is likely certainly higher.

She stated that victims have ranged in age from four to 82 and have largely been women and girls, though some males and young boys have also been reported.

In what appears to be a "military tactic" to dehumanize people, Patten claimed that survivors have told her of genital mutilations and soldiers who are "supplied with Viagra."

It is obviously a military tactic when women are kept captive for days and raped, when you start raping men and boys, when you witness a string of genital mutilations, and when you hear women testify about Russian soldiers carrying Viagra, said the woman.

And it is evidently a purposeful strategy to dehumanize the victims when the victims report what was said during the rapes, says the author.

According to a UN study published in late September, "more than a hundred incidences" of rape or sexual assault had been confirmed in Ukraine since Russia's invasion in February, according to Patten.