The police told where in Ukraine during the occupation the largest number of sexual crimes was recorded

The National Police of Ukraine is investigating 21 criminal cases due to sexual violence by Russian invaders. Law enforcers specified that a total of 50 allegations of rape were filed with the police. This was told by Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Kateryna Pavlichenko on July 31 during a telethon.

She also noted that these are not final data and the real number of rapes could be much higher.

This topic is very latent, because people who have experienced sexual violence under occupation usually do not want to talk about it, we should not force them to do so in any way. The activities of the National Police are aimed at recording, investigating and providing comprehensive assistance to people affected by these crimes as much as possible ,” she said.

Pavlichenko noted that more facts of sexual violence were recorded in the Kyiv region, Sumy region, Chernihiv region.

She added that at the beginning of the full-scale war in Ukraine, a mobile police team was created to identify facts of sexual violence. These groups work in the de-occupied territories.