the first day of the fight against sexual violence in the conditions of the conflict in ukraine, the offensive of the occupiers is accompanied by cases of rape and other war crimes. however , it is quite difficult to keep statistics of such cases of violence, and at the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the russian federation, the ukrainian police initiated 17 criminal proceedings precisely because of the fact of rape by the occupiers , let's see about it, the plot then we will have human rights defenders boris zakharov russian occupier mykhailo romanov would have killed an armed man on march 9 a man in the village of bohdanivka in the kyiv region then raped his wife with another russian soldier, the story of this terrible crime shocked ukrainians , now he will be tried in absentia this is the first case of rape during the war brought to court, the danger of becoming a victim of such crimes is growing and the consequences are increasing and the circumstances of these

offenses are very serious for the victim, that is, the victim may suffer more serious consequences for his physical health and psychological state, victims can also be killed and relatives of the victim can be. that is, we are talking about much more serious crimes during war than rape during war - this is a war crime according to prosecutor general iryna venediktova, ukraine has international protocols for the investigation of such war crimes. however, victims of violence are reluctant to turn to law enforcement agencies, people are afraid of revenge and condemnation , even in the occupied territories of the victims violence, first of all, support is needed here, we have to emphasize that you acted correctly and you acted very well everything is right, yes, whether it was typical or

not, you just froze and simply made a decision , that's why, evaluate the resistance, so it happened, it was right to be here and now to leave, i survived and you now have all the resources to continue living, if you or your relatives have become victims of sexual violence , you can contact these numbers that you see on the screen to the hotline or online our body and which at the moment mobilizes all the resources to squeeze and cope with the experience, but every victim of violence needs psychological support. when i feel that i will have some dreams later , my thoughts will constantly return to this, to what happened, so before that, ready-made stones will be asked that someone on the street sees me walking down the street i can't go quietly because it seems to me that someone will attack me or i won't be able to leave the house, this will already be the consequences of tsn or in the

future, law enforcement agencies could carry out justice. it is important to record the crime. if there is the opportunity to go to the territory under the control of ukraine, to consult a doctor, it is important to record all the information you have, for example, the circumstances of the event, what exactly happened, at what time, in what city , what, what, what were they talking about, kyiv, because who could be a witness have such cases happened in your area and uh, do you know how to fix it if you are over the temporarily occupied territory and do not have the opportunity to contact the authorized authorities of ukraine, report the crime to the office of the prosecutor general sexual violence as a war crime does not have a statute of limitations, so you can report this fact when the victim is ready to do so, the

prosecutor's office emphasizes that such crimes must be investigated while carefully protecting people's rights and their private lives. thank you to tatiana lytvinova for the story about sexual violence during the conflict today, june 19 the international day of combating this very violence in the conditions of the conflict boris zakaru should already be with us, a human rights defender and the director of the charity foundation boris man and law we welcome you. i congratulate you. good day . we have only 17 criminal proceedings. such numbers are based on the facts of rape by the occupiers. these are the proceedings that are currently on the chat. well, it seems not so much if we are talking about. well, how much do you think this number should be multiplied so that we understand the real the volume of these crimes, sexual violence , is a little bit here, well, these are specific crimes because the victims often apply, we may be talking about hundreds

if not thousands of criminal proceedings in the future. please tell me about the specifics of these proceedings about the specifics of these crimes of sexual violence during military conflicts notes - this is a war crime yes this is a war crime, unfortunately, we have not yet signed a law on the harmonization of ukrainian legislation and international humanitarian law and therefore all these articles fall under all these crimes under article 438, a violation of the rules, usually of war, the specificity of this sexual crime, a crime of a sexual nature, is that very often the victims do not want to complain, they believe that they will have to will tell this story many times, it is very

humiliating for the victim and there are a lot of stereotypes about the nature of this crime, and privacy must be maintained here, of course, and that is why victims are often afraid to tell about what happened to them, so as not to go through this humiliation many times, these crimes concern not only women, although in international humanitarian law, these are separate articles on the protection of women. yes, but unfortunately, children are also raped, and children, elderly people, and men are also subjected to this sexual crime, and this is by the way, these sexual crimes are one of the types of torture, i.e., torture, according to the practice of the european court and the

european convention on human rights, and rape is one of the types of torture, that is, here we have a-a even a double e double qualification and how sexual crime and as a form of torture , unfortunately, they can also have a systematic nature, that is, we are talking to you in the studio at this time in the occupied territory, some people are under the complete power of the occupiers somewhere in the basements and they are systematically rape well, this is not the first war, so soldiers are always accompanied by sexual violence, and in particular, if you take the memories of the soldiers there after the second world war, this is a very common phenomenon, why is this a very common phenomenon, because many

men gather together in the army and er, they don’t have, if they are far from their family springs, and it has traditionally turned out that sexual violence is accompanied by conflicts, but since the 14th century, conversations began in common law in agreements between states and so on regarding elimination of these phenomena already in the 19th century safeguards appeared in the codes of the armed forces in some countries, and in the 20th century already in the convention on the protection of the civilian population of the 49th year, article 27, saturday is prohibited crimes well, and then further eh in

this aspect of international humanitarian law, it was used precisely in relation to the elimination of any possibility of such and such crimes, but for example , such a pity, in particular, for the russian troops of the occupiers of a legitimate war, it is written in them that they constantly violate by committing crimes against people, these are war crimes, this by the way, it can also be an element of evil - against humanity and the crime of genocide, not just military boris, we talk a lot about the fact that the sexual crimes of the russian army are very similar in this war to the sexual crimes of the russian army during the second world war in the occupied territories , in particular, east prussia where, in general , over a million german women were framed in germany, well, statistics, but what are the differences, or are there any differences between these

crimes then and now in ukraine, here you are for yourself analyzed. it seems to me that there are no particular differences except for the fact that ah-ah then probably the russian liberators slash enigmas because the liberation of eastern and central europe and at the same time the liberation from nazism and the invasion of bolshevism by the communist totalitarian regime that they justified themselves with the crimes they committed against me, but we we know that there is no principle of collective guilt and for crimes there is no way to drink such, and here the war is absolutely unjust from the aggressive side, but this is a war for our destruction because they want to destroy our nation as such, this is

an element of the crime of genocide from my point of view, because i see the subversive side of the crime as intent. the command also asked about draft laws, what do we lack that it is possible to legally regulate some international e-e conventions in these areas, in particular, the president submitted to the verkhovna rada a bill on the ratification of the e-e convention of the council of europe, so about the prevention of domestic violence is known as the istanbul convention. next week, the parliament can adopt this bill. it is for us. i believe that there is no point in not ratifying it because there is an element of uh-uh, by the way, it is mentioned that such

violence cannot be used during war . i.e. in my opinion, it is necessary to ratify the union convention, and it was necessary to ratify the rome statute, of course, and to sign it already to change the law on the organization of national legislation with international humanitarian law and we have had more than one article on the question of the crime of the rules and usually it is in the criminal code there are specific articles and it would be possible to correctly classify these crimes and it would match in international humanitarian law and in our criminal law, but it has been done unfortunately, it was not and still is not the case, so the investigators and the prosecutor’s office

will have to wriggle out of their ways by fitting, well, in one article, providing completely different qualifications for different crimes, and from the reference to the norms of this law , you can say about this hundredth convention. it is stated that during the war, domestic violence is not qualified as well as war is not er not to pay attention to these crimes and as for the rome statute we very often hear from our guests about the rome statute that it has not been ratified in our country, what is so important about it it contains, and why is it not visible, a question for the international criminal court, that is, in order not to be a subject, not to be an object, but to be a subject of a miracle of investigation, and there is a need to ratify the roman

fear over the crime, but then we will to add prosecution of our military, for example, if they have committed various values, or to ensure a full and effective investigation in their homeland and punish them. that is, we become the subject of the investigation, we are on an equal footing with other countries that have ratified the rome statute, but instead we participate in these processes it is a certain responsibility and i know that many people do not want to correct it. well, i believe that we ourselves are capable of investigating a crime . we do not need international justice, so the united states of america. israel, for example , has not ratified the rome statute and does not join.

to noticeable and in your opinion, do we need international justice here, in particular, in these crimes of a sexual nature, during which they are already on the 116th day, we need it in order to punish the guilty, to punish the guilty, we must win , we can only punish those whom we captured and if we talk about the organizers of the crime about putin and his e clique, then we have to defeat them because, unfortunately, international criminal justice does not ensure that the powerful of this world are brought to justice, which they have not yet defeated, so first of all international courts. unfortunately, they can sit in their homes, these dictators and their uh public ones who can sit in their homes in countries not to leave and no not actually

in this way . interreligious criminal law judges or the strong judge the weak, how did all the states come together , deal with the yugoslav conflicts, and then judge the church, the croats are also feared, or the same thing by african countries, or if the world’s strong want not to do it, then they must first win first win like the nuremberg trials like the nazi yes and then here that's why this is a rhetorical question eh i'm in principle in favor of creating a separate period regarding the crimes of russia in the country i believe that this is a genocidal crime yes and but

it can be within the limits iss, if it will be within the iss, i still believe that we should have bought the lviv institute and i believe that after this war, in this war, international humanitarian law will develop rapidly. terms of identification and new bright pockets of people who condemn war crimes, crimes of unity and crime, well, that's it. thank you, boris zakharov , human rights defender, director of the charity fund, a person and the right was on skype in connection with us. thank you for your participation and sad news from the russian-ukrainian eastern front of the war, people's deputy of the seventh convocation of the parliament, iryna farion, reported on the telegram channel that the

commander of the freedom battalion, oleg kutsyn, a person who was often involved, and iryna wrote a shock message on our air , had died farion i can neither think nor write, only fight and kill them, the end is empty, i will remind you oleg ivanovich kutsyn was born in the year 65, still callsign pseudo , he was the godfather commander of a separate combined assault company of the carpathian sich 9 mechanized brigade of the armed forces of ukraine. this is a man with us in freedom and patriotic national-patriotic circles, a person with three higher educations recently led the combat storm unit of ukrainian female volunteers, a unit that fought in the format as part of the ukrainian armed forces may the memory of god be with you, if this is true, there is no official confirmation yet, we will inform you about this story and the details of this battle, in which oleg is believed to have died, according to the information of the

senior lieutenant of the national guard of ukraine maksym zhorin maksym we congratulate you i congratulate you please tell us about the captured commanders the azov regiment was taken from the occupied donbas to the territory of the russian federation, is it known now where are they where are they in what conditions are they in the fact is that this information let's try this answer, this information is confirmed by some of our sources, but so far, it is officially difficult to confirm because, well, first of all, this is due to the fact that communication with the russian federation is so with the russian authorities, and in principle there is almost no reason to confirm from this side it is quite difficult here, but the russian side has already done such simple things, and unfortunately, according to some of my personal sources, there is also confirmation

that part of the administration, including azov and the marines, was taken to the territory of the russian maxim federation, this is impossible and it is good for our soldiers because there is at least no death penalty on the territory of the russian federation. what kind of verdict or court or any other procedure is there in the territory of the given dpr lpr they basically have no status in the world because they are not recognized by absolutely anyone and any decisions in these territories mean absolutely nothing on the other hand, he judged the russian federation . if they want to do it, they will still have some status, but for some reason i think i

am almost convinced that if this is really the case, if it is true that part of the management of the command staff was taken to the territory of the russian federation, then it is more likely everything has to do with the fact that the fsb people are planning to work with them. there are some plans, apparently they want to recruit someone from them. they probably want to start forcing some javanese people, because it's been a long time since our heroes are under control but until now, it was not possible to make even a normal video in them, because the azov people, even in the video in captivity, behave decently and it plays more, i would say in favor of ukraine than in russia, even taking into account that it is for a domestic audience of the russian federation, i think that if this really happened, then most likely it is connected with the fact that the russians have a desire to force them to

make some statements or videos at a press conference. of ukrainian fighters in azovstal, iryna vereshchuk , the minister of the temporarily occupied territories is no longer engaged in the exchange of prisoners, the sbu and gurmo deal with the main directorate of intelligence, how effective is the work of those people, is it possible to give an assessment with the sbu and gurmo? regarding the exchange of prisoners , well, for the most part, it is the gur that deals with this the process is progressing now at the moment we can talk about already several successful body exchanges this was one of the first points from which all other exchanges should start this victory is taking place over the exchange of the

wounded and i hope that in the near future we will also be able to reach some result in this direction and this will speak first of all about the level of our guru's work and, in principle, the prospects for further exchange, but all the exchanges that you see now that are taking place and not only exchanges and when ukrainians are taken away without exchanging attacks, this is mostly now, of course, the work of the officers of the main intelligence department of azov, are they exchanged or returned to ukraine? perspective, we have to wait for the decision of the so-called court, the so-called ordlo of the dnr of the lnr, will it happen sooner or at all, it is quite difficult to talk about the prospect of the nearest exchange in time now, it is quite difficult to predict absolutely absolutely what is going on in those

sick heads, it is quite difficult to imagine how they will go in principle, all these judicial processes are, of course, absurd and they have nothing to do with them, because they violate uh, absolutely all international human rights uh, but this is not about law, it's not about people, it's not about values, it's unrecognized territories with terrorists and criminal authorities, therefore, of course, they can do absolutely anything. at the moment, uh, i think that the process of returning azov citizens will be quite difficult , because we perfectly understand the value for the russian federation of these people, which they will receive for quite a long time . to receive them and , er, to fill the target, well, including if it is

about exchange, because i am a very, very revealing moment, but sometimes i am also there sometimes. it has something to do with exchange processes, so i can tell you i can confidently say that one of the biggest difficulties in exchanging with the russians, either bodies or live people, is that sometimes it is necessary to explain to the russians that they need their people, the bodies of their fallen soldiers, their officers , because sometimes they frankly do not understand why they need them at all. that is, we value life in completely different ways, as we value our people in different ways, and this is the biggest difficulty. there are prospects. i hope that little by little we will bring absolutely everyone home, but we also have to to understand that it will definitely be the most difficult with the people of azov, the last release of tyra, which everyone expected , and well, we understand that negotiations were conducted, work

was carried out on this, and this is already a result. therefore, this release adds optimism in general and confidence in the negotiation process and success and operations with the azov people are completely different processes, they do not intersect and are not connected in any way, therefore, these are separate parallel stories, but definitely such and such communication. it is happening that such things are happening. this is of course positive. but i will say so it's best that any negotiations with the russian federation are influenced by strong positions. talks on any topics maxim, you were in the zaporizhzhia direction until recently and you remain there. what is the situation there? today we talked about the fact that the enemy is

activating and accumulating equipment and manpower in the area of ​​vasilivka, is there a possibility of an offensive there? advancing towards zaporizhzhia, there are 40 km left, please. yes, including me, i am now in the zaporizhzhia region, our unit continues to carry out all combat tasks here, and as for the enemy, it will accumulate in some places, but i will say frankly that now i do not see any prospects for the enemy in this direction in the near future, believe me, they will think exclusively about defense and defense, and maybe in some cases even about a retreat, but definitely not about an offensive with the forces that the enemy now has here, because of all the recent events including yesterday, there were battles here for half a day, so the enemy has forces now for some kind of wide offensive

or even a partially wide one. well, i don’t see it here now, but all this is temporary because, again, everything can change if some more units are added here fresh, newer ones, but i think something about them, we will manage here too, ukraine will be able to resume peace negotiations with russia with a strengthened position after the counteroffensive in some places at the end of august last. negotiations are now the same as what i said a little earlier . i am sure that any effective negotiations can only take place after victory on the battlefield. russians do not understand any other language than force, so if we want strong positions in the negotiations, we must destroy the personnel as much as possible every day and aviation technology, everything that the russians have, and in order to be able to talk with them from a normal strong position already at the negotiating table.

thank you maksym zhorin, ex-commander of the azov regiment , senior lieutenant of the national guard of ukraine congratulations congratulations thank you for your participation and at the end of our this block we wanted to show one such interesting video to st. petersburg it appeared on the network literally today the statue of the president of russia vladimir putin in the image of the roman emperor octavian augustus was fired at by artists with a paintball gun auctioneers this is how a man with a paintball gun on a motorcycle drove up to the statue located on the facade of the europa shopping center in the petrograd district of the city with a paintball anniversary and fired artists who call themselves the committee of socialist republicans thus, they celebrated the end of the st. petersburg international economic forum, the artists called their actions an exercise in anti-imperialism in the

activity, it is necessary, it is free, ok, at the economic forum in st. petersburg , vladimir putin himself spoke, there were delegations of afghan the taliban, and there are also representatives of all kinds of new formations that russia has formed around its borders, and also some representatives of asian countries post-sr and they all wanted to fire er, iryna koval will tell us more about everything that happened with the news, we are completing our information guard and mustard tenant ira is leading a program about health, and now it is about health during the war thank you for your work and congratulations, i thank you colleagues for this broadcast and you this sunday