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DEDICATED FOR ABUSED, MISSING AND MURDERED UKRAINIAN WOMEN AND GIRLS
A destroyed Russian tank on the road leading into the small village near Borodyanka, Ukraine, where Viktoriya lives. Original source: The New York Times; Wednesday, June 29, 2022. Painted by Pang Aoy, August 2022.
Name of Victimized Woman: Viktoriya
Age: 65 (Born 1957)
Location: Small village near Borodyanka, Ukraine
Date Sexually Assaulted: Tuesday, March 8, 2022 Eastern European Time (EET)
Events: The Russian military retreated from the areas surrounding Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, in March 2022. Russian soldiers have been sexually abusing women and children since the invasion began, using rape and other sexual abuses as weapons of war. Ukrainian prosecutors are investigating thousands of war crimes. However, the prosecution of perpetrators is difficult because evidence is limited. Victims are also traumatized and reluctant to testify about their assault. Russian troops arrived in Viktoriya’s two-street village, near the Kyiv suburb of Borodyanka, in early March 2022. Two (2) Russian soldiers raped Viktoriya and her neighbor. On the night of Tuesday, March 8, 2022, Viktoriya recalled a knock at her door. Three (3) Russian soldiers came in and forcibly took her to where the Russians were temporarily living. “When he was leading me there, I asked how old he was,’’ Viktoriya said. “He said he was 19 years old” (After Rapes by Russian Soldiers, a Painful Quest for Justice). The soldier who raped Viktoriya was the same age as her son. Viktoriya stated that the soldier treated her like a prostitute. Despite the stigma in Ukraine over rape, Viktoriya still chose to share her story because she wants the world to know the war crimes Russian soldiers commit.
Please share Viktoriya’s story to raise awareness of the brutal war crimes Russian soldiers are committing in Ukraine against civilian women and girls. These Ukrainian women and girls need international support and protection. Please donate to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to help gender-based violence survivors in Ukraine. Thank you.
Source: “After Rapes by Russian Soldiers, a Painful Quest for Justice.” The New York Times, Valerie Hopkins, 29 June 2022, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/29/world/europe/ukraine-russia-rape.html, Accessed 24 July 2022.
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Name of Missing Woman: Nadiya Ivanova Litvishchenko (Літвіщенко Надія Іванівна)
Age: 58 (Born 1964)
Location: Velika Komyshuvakha, Barvinkivskyi District, Kharkiv Region, Ukraine (Велика Комишуваха, Барвінківський район, Харківської області)
Location Last Seen: Hospital in Izyum, Kharkiv Region, Ukraine (м.Ізюм, Харківської області)
Time Last Seen: Friday, May 13, 2022 Eastern European Time (EET)
Physical Characteristics: Ms. Litvishchenko has brown hair and brown eyes. Her hair was last seen cut short in a pixie cut. She is also known to wear glasses.
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Phone Number (Friend Богдана [Bohdan]): +38 099-7627917
Missing Ukrainian woman Nadiya Ivanova Litvishchenko (Літвіщенко Надія Іванівна). Painted by Pang Aoy, August 2022.
Name of Missing Woman: Olga Mokrozub (Ольга Мокрозуб)
Age: 49 (Approximate birth year 1973)
Location: Kharkiv District, Kharkiv Region, Ukraine
Location Last Seen: Chuhuiv District, Kharkiv Region, Ukraine
Time Last Seen: Tuesday, July 5, 2022 at 9:00 AM Eastern European Time (EET)
Physical Characteristics: Ms. Mokrozub has short blond hair and gray eyes. She was last seen wearing gray sweatpants and a blue sports jacket when she left the house. Ms. Mokrozub has a birthmark on the chest area and a scar after operations in the lower abdomen.
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Phone Number: +38 068-7770112
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Email (Ukrainian Organization Working with Family): poisk.milena@gmail.com
Missing Ukrainian woman Olga Mokrozub (Ольга Мокрозуб). Painted by Pang Aoy, August 2022.
Name of Missing Girl: Valeria Sosmiy (Сосмий Валерия)
Age: 16 (Born 2006)
Location: Kherson, Dnipro Raion, Ukraine (Херсоне, Днепровский р-н)
Location Last Seen: Kherson, Dnipro Raion, Ukraine (Херсоне, Днепровский р-н)
Time Last Seen: Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 11:40 AM Eastern European Time (EET)
Hobbies: Art, Social Media, Interior Design, Decoration
Physical Characteristics: Valeria has brown eyes and red hair. She was last seen wearing a white t-shirt, black shorts and burgundy sneakers when she left her house. Valeria is also known to wear dark-framed glasses.
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Phone Number (Friend: Наталия [Natalia]): +38 099-2951123
Missing Ukrainian girl Valeria Sosmiy (Сосмий Валерия). Painted by Pang Aoy, August 2022.
Murdered Ukrainian woman Karina Yershova. Painted by Pang Aoy, August 2022.
Name of Murdered Woman: Karina Yershova
Age: 23 (Born 1999)
Location: Bucha, Ukraine
Murdered: Thursday, March 10, 2022 Eastern European Time (EET)
Events: Russian soldiers invaded Bucha, a town northwest of Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, on Sunday, February 27, 2022, and committed war crimes during their occupation. The remains of Karina Yershova were discovered in a mass grave in Bucha, Ukraine, after she was raped, tortured and murdered by Russian troops. According to the local Ukrainian police, when Karina’s body was found, the skin of her hand was scorched, her bones were revealed and nine of her fingernails had been torn off. As Russian soldiers surrounded Bucha, Karina hid in an apartment with two (2) other friends. On one of the last occasions Karina’s family heard from her, she told them she had left the apartment to get food from a nearby supermarket. When weeks went by without hearing back from Karina, the family became desperate. Weeks later, the local Ukrainian police told the family that Karina had been killed by Russian soldiers. Karina worked at a sushi restaurant in Bucha and hoped to earn her university degree in the future. Tragically, Karina’s young life was brutally stolen by Russian soldiers (Russian troops use rape as 'an instrument of war' in Ukraine, rights groups allege).
Source: “Russian troops use rape as 'an instrument of war' in Ukraine, rights groups allege.” CNN, Tara John, Oleksandra Ochman and Sandi Sidhu, 22 April 2022, https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/22/europe/ukraine-sexual-violence-allegations-russia-cmd-intl/index.html, Accessed 24 July 2022.
Contact Information: National Police of Ukraine