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"Among these are gang rapes and rapes in front of minors," she explained. "There have also been allegations of sexual assault by Ukrainian military and civic defence groups."
Digital Desk: Over 300 incidents of rape by Russian soldiers, including children aged 12 to 16, have been recorded in Ukraine, according to the country's Armed Forces on Monday.
"Russia is raping Ukraine," according to the military. "They are bombing our cities, plundering, murdering, and raping women."
Russian soldiers are "rapists without any moral boundaries," the Ukrainian military claimed.
On Sunday, a photo of three female and one male heaped beneath a blanket surfaced on social media.
According to The Guardian, photographer Mikhail Palinchak reported that the three ladies were all nude and had been partially burnt, prompting suspicions that Russian soldiers are perpetrating sexual abuse against Ukrainian women, a war crime.
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According to Kateryna Cherepakha, head of the gender equality and human rights group La Strada Ukraine, "We have had several calls to our emergency hotline from women and girls seeking assistance,".
According to UN Political Affairs Chief Rosemary DiCarlo, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine is looking into reports of sexual abuse by Russian soldiers.
"Among these are gang rapes and rapes in front of minors," she explained. "There have also been allegations of sexual assault by Ukrainian military and civic defence groups."
The list of documented atrocities committed by Russian soldiers against Ukrainian citizens continues to expand as Russian forces withdraw from previously held regions, revealing evidence of their activity.
Hundreds of bodies were discovered earlier this week in Bucha, near Kyiv, in what has become known as the Bucha Massacre.
Graphic photographs from the city of around 37,000 people in the Kiev area have prompted international leaders to criticise the atrocities, including Israel's Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid.
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