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‘Carved on bodies and souls’: Russia’s use of male sexual torture in Ukraine

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‘Carved on bodies and souls’: Russia’s use of male sexual torture in Ukraine



Survivor Oleksii Sivak has set up a support group for others who have suffered widespread but unspoken abuseRussian troops tortured Oleksii Sivak for weeks, applying electric shocks to his genitals in a freezing basement in his home city of Kherson in punishment for resisting their rule.When Ukrainian troops freed the city in the autumn of 2022, Sivak was presented with a long list of medical specialists who could help his recovery and asked to tick the ones he needed. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/29/carved-on-bodies-and-souls-russias-use-of-male-sexual-torture-in-ukraine

Author : Emma Graham-Harrison and Artem Mazhulin in Kyiv

Publish date : 2024-10-29 10:05:12

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