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A United Nations official said Russia is using rape as a strategy in its war against Ukraine, according to the international French news agency Agence France-Presse.
Pramila Patten, the UN’s special representative on sexual violence in conflict, told AFP in an interview that Russian forces have been carrying out sexual assault as a “deliberate tactic to dehumanize the victims,” part of its military strategy.
“When you hear women testify about Russian soldiers equipped with Viagra, it’s clearly a military strategy,” she said.
Patten said the UN has verified more than a hundred cases of rape or sexual assault since the war began in February, and the first cases were reported just three days after Russia launched its full-scale invasion.
