As of January 31, 2023, 133 victims of sexualized violence were recorded in Ukraine, according to the report of Matilda Bogner, head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission.

According to Bogner, 85 men, 45 women and three girls are among the victims of violence.

109 detected cases of violence "probably were committed by the military, law enforcement agencies and staff of penitentiary institutions of the Russian Federation", noted the head of the Monitoring Mission.

At the same time, 24 cases of violence could have occurred due to the fault of the Ukrainian side.

The report notes that violence often occurred during the detention of civilians or prisoners of war, as well as in areas under Russian occupation.

  • Earlier, the UN independent international commission of inquiry into violations in Ukraine documented cases of executions, illegal detention, torture, ill-treatment, rape and other forms of sexual violence committed in the occupied areas of four oblasts: Kyiv, Chernihiv, Kharkiv and Sumy.

  • In December 2022, the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine established 154 cases of sexual violence against Ukrainians by the Russian military.

    Sexual crimes were committed in Ukrainian territories occupied by Russian troops.

  • In July 2022, the UN Special Representative for Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten, reported 124 recorded cases of sexual violence in Ukraine.

    According to her, the available data are only the tip of the iceberg and do not reflect the scale of sexual violence in the context of Russia's war against Ukraine.