News24 | Russia subjecting Ukrainian civilians to 'sexual torture': UN experts

21/08/2025 16:11 News 24

Russia is using “sexual torture” against civilians as part of a “deliberate and systematic policy” of intimidation in areas of Ukraine seized in Moscow’s invasion, United Nations experts said on Thursday.

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