Forensic doctors examining the deaths of Ukrainian women during the war with Russia say there is evidence that they were raped before they were killed by Russian soldiers, according to a newspaper report. Guard.

by the way vladyslav perovski, There are “several cases of rape of these women before they were shot dead” in Ukraine, one of the doctors told the newspaper. Perovskyi says he conducted dozens of autopsies on residents of the cities of Bucha. Irpin and Borodianka, who died during the Russian offensive.

“We can’t give more details because my colleagues are still collecting data and we have hundreds of bodies to evaluate,” the doctor said.

Perovskyi’s team examines about 15 bodies a day, most of them mutilated. “There are many burned bodies and severely decomposed bodies that are impossible to identify,” he said. “The face can be shattered, you can’t put it back together, sometimes the head doesn’t exist at all.”

According to the doctor, some of the bodies bore marks that the victims had been killed by automatic bullets, with more than six bullet holes in their backs.

Oleh Tkalenko, Prosecutor General of the Kyiv region, said: Guard Details of the alleged rapes were forwarded to his office, which investigated circumstances such as the victims’ locations and ages.

“Rape cases are a very sensitive and sensitive issue,” Tkalenko said. Said. “Forensic doctors have a special duty to check the genitals of female victims and look for signs of rape.”

A foreign coroner working in northern Kiev, who asked not to be identified, said some of the bodies were “in such a bad condition that it was not easy to find signs of rape and sexual abuse”. But in some cases, we collect evidence. They were raped before they were killed.”

After Russian troops withdrew from cities and suburbs around the capital, dozens of women told police, media and human rights organizations about the atrocities they suffered at the hands of Russian soldiers. Investigators listened to testimonies of gang rapes, armed robberies and rapes in front of children.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said last week that Russian soldiers raped hundreds of women. Ukrainian authorities declined to give exact numbers or details about where the rapes took place or the ages of the victims. Russia has repeatedly denied targeting civilians during the war.