Russian soldiers using rape as an ‘instrument of war’ and executing civilians during Ukraine invasion, prosecutor warns
RUSSIAN soldiers are reportedly using rape as an "instrument of war" in Ukraine, a prosecutor has warned.
Putin's savages are also believed to be executing civilians in cold blood amid the evil invasion which entered its 28th day today.
Ukraine's prosecutor-general Iryna Venediktova opened the country's first official rape investigation after a pair of drunk Russian soldiers reportedly killed a husband and repeatedly raped his wife.
She said the savages attacked the woman in Brovary, in east Kyiv, after breaking into the family's home.
The prosecutor added how the evil soldiers even committed the heinous crimes in front of a child at the property.
They then threatened the child with their guns.
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The woman - who survived the sickening attack - is said to have provided evidence to investigators.
One of the soldiers has reportedly been identified and charges are being looked into.
Following the launch of the investigation Mrs Venediktova, 43, said prosecutors would "find every villain" who rape Ukraine's women.
She added how the nation will make the sickening Russian savages face the full "severity of the law".
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It comes as Russian soldiers have been accused of storming homes en-masse to carry out sex attacks during the invasion of Ukraine.
Anastasia Taran, 30, from Irpin, said Russian troops have been storming basements and shooting terrified families in the battle ravaged city.
The former waitress, who has lived in the Kyiv suburb for four years, said "Irpin is hell" and Russian soldiers "just shoot people who enter private homes and, at best, just kick people out of their homes".
"They rape women and the dead are just being dumped. They open the basements where people are hiding and shoot them", she added.
Russia again is using rape as an instrument of war. This time in Ukraine. History repeats itself.
Lesia Vasylenko, Ukrainian MP
Ukraine's foreign minister also previously confirmed there had been reports of Putin's soldiers sexually assaulting Ukrainian women.
Referring to the Soviet occupation of parts of Germany in 1945 - where Russian soldiers carried out merciless rape attacks on women - Ukrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko said "history repeats itself".
She said: "Two million people were raped in Germany by Russians during World War Two.
"Russia again is using rape as an instrument of war. This time in Ukraine. History repeats itself."
Prosecutor Venediktova previously said she has mountains of evidence to "prove" Russian President Vladimir Putin is a "war criminal".
She told AFP news agency that she currently has a list of 127 "suspects" she wants to haul in front of international courts.
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A US defence official told Reuters news agency on Wednesday that Russia's combat power in Ukraine has declined below 90% of its pre-invasion levels for the first time since the war began.
The estimation suggests heavy losses shouldered by Russia.
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Estimates put Russian losses at a whopping 15,600 men.
While the United Nations says it has recorded 953 civilian deaths and 1,557 injuries among Ukrainians - but the real figure is expected to be much higher.
