Yet these crimes against humanity are so far the least covered of the Russian war against Ukraine.

The press conference will focus on the following points:

- The scale and severity of rape and torture committed by Russian soldiers, from 2014 to the present. The use of rape and sexual torture in Russian prisons where more than 3,000 Ukrainian men and women are currently being held.

- The widespread use of these sexual crimes is part of a strategy in its own right. Their number indicates that they could not have been committed without the consent, or even the encouragement, of the military hierarchy, right up to the top of the Russian state. Just like the large-scale deportation

Ukrainian children in Russia, mass rapes demonstrate the deliberate will of the Russian authorities to destroy the Ukrainian people.

- Difficulties in documenting the facts, linked to obstacles in collecting testimonies du…