“It is true that women and girls pay the highest price in terms of human cost, in terms of how they are affected and how they can be used as weapons of war,” he said. she declared.
“Rape is used to demean, degrade and destroy,” Sophie continued, referring to the numerous accusations of sexual violence targeting the Russian army in Ukraine.
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According to the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, she met survivors of sexual violence and torture, who shared their stories, as well as women displaced by the fighting and children deported to Russia before being returned to Russia. ‘Ukraine.
She also paid tribute to the civilians executed in Boutcha, near kyiv, two years after the brief and bloody occupation of this city by the Russian army in spring 2022.
The Duchess also met with President Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife, Olena Zelenska, to discuss support for survivors of sexual violence.
