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tell them they did nothing wrong. Ruzzians have been fetishizing this sh*t since forever, and even in modern history, after communism fell, during the 90s and early 2000s they were STILL fetishizing rape. It's not bc of anything any of you did, or did not do. It is estirely THEIR insanity and their sin at the end of the day. Never forget that. No matter what they say. They're just pathetic lying cowards.
hiking, being outside, moving, seeing nice things. it always helps. Just keep moving. Somehow when your legs move, your mind and feelings change too :). (and maybe martial arts when you're feeling up to it). It's good to get those skills and it also helps you feel better. Just lots of activities and anything which focuses you on the present moment, helps. And what is great is that it works for everyone: men, women, childrens. It makes everyone's trauma better and helps ppl heal faster. Animals help too, they're always ''in the moment", and you can trust them more than ppl usually, to keep you super grounded, and focused on the present moment. Also they are adorable! You can't beat that. No humans are as fluffy and cute as pets. Nature's gift. Don't worry about the panic attacks, that's just your nevous system eliminating stress. When you try to hold it back that's when it tends to get worse. Try to have some fun with them, do some ''primal scream therapy" classes. Stress needs to get out somehow. It's like sneezing, but for your psyche. There's no point in holding back a sneeze, right? It's just like that. You will return back to yourself and feel like a normal person again. Do not worry. It just takes time. But in the meantime you can pick up extra skills, so you'll be like your old self but much, much cooler >:).
sorry, one more thing: if you let them write it down as if it's a scene is a movie, not their own actual experience, that might help. Especially for the ones that are a dit dissociated or used ''disconnecting" during the traumatic event. To them it is already as if it happend to someone else, bc that was the psychological tool they used to protect themselves. So, if it can be done that way, the victims might find that a lot easier. Also try writting it, instead of speaking it. And then you can have the stories disconnected from their names, if possible. Just use a code name for when they're read out load. You can still keep a record, like the court would know who's story belongs to whom, for the paperwork. BUT, when/IF the lawyers read the stories, see if you can use code names or numbers for that part, whenver possible. Too often the victims are made to feel as if they're the ones ''on trial". That really makes trauma worse. If they can be allowed to say the stories in a way which protects their privacy a bit and does not put any more undue stress on them, that will make it much easier. The lawyers can read the statements. Again, whever possible, and whenever the legal system allows it. I do believe that will make it much, much easier while still preserving the authenticity and maybe more ppl will come forward that way too. Instead of saying "the guy took me into this room..."etc., let them say it in 3rd person: "the man took the girl into the room and..." etc. They might find that easier, especially in the beginning when they need to give reports and do so right away, but are still struggling with trauma. The trauma can interfere with their ability to explain the events. So, if you can let them talk in a way which decreases that panic response that will actually lead to better reports for you, and better outcomes for the victims too. The brain disconnects to protect itself. It's a knee jerk reaction but same as with the knee jerk response, there is a reason for it. It serves a purpose. Rather than trying to fight against nature, we can go with the flow a bit, and work within that framework. Once the psyche is healed that ''disconnect" goes away. It's like a scab. It's just there to protect them. And it takes time to get itchy and fall off. It's ok to let it fall off on it's own and just work around it, if you need to. They disconnected, it's as if happend to someone else...ok, great...describe what happened to someone else, and then we're gonna let you ''name" that someone else too :). You can pick any pseudo-name you'd like :)). That kind of thing. It's just easier and smoother as a process. And does not have as much risk of re-traumatizing them, imo. A lot of trauma survivors also feel that by ''reintegrating" those memories and ''reconnecting" it's kind of like giving the bad guys extra power over them. They'd rather put it in a box and let that box rot with all it's stinking contents...than "re-connect" with those memories. We have to find ways to kind of understand and respect that, imo. It's ok to let the box rot away. Describing what was in the box won't give it new life, we have hazmat suits and will just throw some extra ''disintegration" powders on top of it >:). Flowers will grow in it's place later. You don't have to re-live anything you don't want to. It's all contained. You can keep it that way and just be happy knowing it's rotting away as it should be. That is key, I think.
These girls are so brave for speaking out. I really wish them safe recovery. And hope that these horrors get punished someday. And if not, I'm sure God sees and judges all by their doings.
Thank you for your work. It's so important to show this to the world. My heart aches deeply for the women, men, and children who have suffered and still do. 💔
War makes normal people do disgusting things, however sexual violence takes a "special" person to commit. Its all about fear and power, people will comply if their children are targeted in this way, but a 5yo? Russians have done nothing to alleviate their barbaric reputation. God bless and protect all the men, women and children who have been victims of these demons ❤❤
Russians has statistical 10% of military criminals as any another army in the world !!! Just keep your mouth shut if you don’t have any knowledge about war and military warfare peculiarities !
I dont agree. And I have a war experience. Brutal, disgustig war. I know countless normal ppl that were ready to shoot their own for the crimes. Its like money, money doesnt corrupt, it just shows your true face. These ppl were allways bad ppl, its just that war gave them opportunity and circumstances to show who they are. I know quite a few ppl that got wealthy really fast and really wealthy, and they became even better ppl, happier to be able to help others because of money. Those that go rotten were allways this way, it just that they hid, affraid to show who they are really, untill they got the confidence that money gives.
This reminds me of how one of my students told me about when she was under occupation in Irpin. Thankfully she and her daughter are now safe. I hate these bastards so much words can hardly express it.
@@Ликвидаторрагулья why would anyone lie ?? its the same play book as ww2 ! many European nations occupied both in the east and west by the nazi lived better and were treated better than they were when liberated by the Soviets !!!! the russians spread their seed via rape though out every liberated nation ! its well documented by survivors of ww2 ! go do some homework ! ORC !
My german grandmother told me a story of how she had to listen to a russian soldier rapping her mother shortly after the second world war ended. I guess times and humans never change.
Watching this reminds me about Schmitz Auschwitz, how these people who live with themselves is beyond me. I hope they find blue eye and what’s coming to him. What a world we live in. Just so in humane. It’s beyond belief.😢😢
@JR-mh8vn oh I'm well aware of rape used against men. I've seen some sickening videos since February 2022. The extent of cruelty is beyond my Christian understanding. Isn't war bad enough? My goodness.
God has nothing to do with morality. Just saying. The atheists i know would never consider sa to be ok at any time. It's usually the religious & sexually repressed who do believe it's warranted. That's the sick bit if you ask me.
If God is seeing this from heaven, he/she has also realised that we humans are not worth salvation. Despite being God's greatest creation who have dominated the world we always go back to our natural instincts of war and lust no matter how civilized we become this is the absolute truth. God can't help us in this. He already has helped us by giving us a brain and made us the only self conscious being on this planet. The rest is up to us how we use it, either for continued world peace and development as a whole or endless conflicts and savagery like this
Obviously, God isn't needed. Most Russians are Orthodox (over 70%). You can, of course, extrapolate that across Russian armed forces in Ukraine. Which makes most Russian soldiers also Orthodox Christians. Them being Christian, them believing in God hasn't stopped them from raping and massacring civillians.
Sadly, the stigma attached to rape victims is still very prevalent in Poland, Ukraine, Russia, and some of the other slavic countries. Even when it's clear that it's consent or die, there is still a stain forever attached to that person. This is what keeps victims quiet even here in north america. It's estimated that only 1-10 rapes are reported and that figure is probably even higher in Ukraine. The WWII reports had 90,000 rapes perpetrated on the German women when the Russians came in. That figure is probably a lot lower than the actual numbers, just like in Ukraine. Given the Russian casualties, probably most of the rapists have already been killed. Russia has proven itself to be a brutal, backward, unevolved ignorant barbaric society unfit to be be in the company of any civilized nation.
Fully agree - AND this is what is behind putin's call for a "New World Order"?, which is actually NO world order - in its simplicity he is calling for a survival of the fittest, barbaric, the strongest survive, at any cost - do whatever they want to do - doesn't sound like any "World Order" - so laughable - too bad so many reputable media outlets worldwide, even repeat and cover such rubbish - just ignore russia - as most of what they say are lies - for that reason I have slimmed down listening to some world media outlets who just repeat russia's rubbish
Congratulations to your investigative Kyiv independent team, for making a heart-opening documentary film, life-affirming and hopeful, about systemic sexual violence. These people show themselves as survivors and encourage others, to be open and accept help. Because we are all in this together.
True..they want the whole world to know the tragedy of rape and killings done by the japs in their villages but doesnt want to talk about their atrocity towards the tibetans..shame on them
Yeah and it happened to the Chinese people as well. Look up the rape of Nanking. As much as we hate these type of things to happen. No matter what country it is, a lot of disgusting things we don’t and will never agree is okay will keep on happened even after me and you are gone. It’s sad and sickening. But quit acting like it’s just one side that does things like this. There’s sick individuals regardless of what side you’re on
I am currently writing my master’s thesis on CRSV in Ukraine. This definitely had some useful information for my writing. Thank you for sharing! Best wishes from Lithuania 🇱🇹
This year they got boosted further. In smaller comment sections they make 2/3 of comments now, so looks like the goal is to flood the comments and information flow, and this next jump in activity was expected from our counterintelligence at the beginning of this year. Remember not to feed the clear culprits and not call some "moderate" non-Kremlin line pessimistic commentators bots. It's hard, but you can still tell apart the bot accounts from genuine users most of the time with practice. There's software for that too, unfortunately expensive.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart to the women willing to speak of their experiences and to the journalists who help to make the injustice visible. May opening up about these horrors help in healing, step by step, and bring compassion and trust back to their hearts. 😪
Ukranian folks please what's the name of this girl journalist? She did a great, great job.....and she dignified her victims interviewed by conducting the interview almost without any question....amazing! I've thought of her as a psychologist journalist. Congratulations
@@ozdigg9254 first of all show your face bot. Second I'm a screenwriter and some years ago I've worked as a journalist too cuz my experience in Iraq. And finally you don't even know the meaning of the slang "creepy " something I'm not..... welP go back to your place foreigner
Rodrigo, если бы она ещё рассказала о батальоне Торнадо...но об этом она не расскажет, потому что это зверства уже украинцев. Вообще, если хотите увидеть более-менее правдивую картину, надо слушать и смотреть обе стороны.
This belongs in the headlines of every single major news organization. Russia’s use of sexual violence as a tool of war must be stopped & prosecuted. My heart is with the Ukrainian survivors and those currently in occupied Ukraine. I will write my senators & urge them to watch this.
Serbs committed 70,000 rapes in the Bosnian & Kosovar wars all through the 1990s. Only a handful were tried in the Hague even though its a war crime…directly because of the Serbs behavior of mass raping civilians. It was part of their genocidal plans (Russian created the term ethnic cleansing & the Serbians eagerly used it).
Let us not even NOT EVEN mention what some ((not all, but enough) ruzzian troops did to german women and GIRLS ,,,,AFTER ww2 was signed off as DONE. The Ukraineian women have not near suffered what some german women went through. (= gang rape) So so so glad this guy Blue has been taged and will be brought to justice. But as we know the victim never fully recovers,
@@gerryhouska2859 So not only gang raping females in germany but anywhere they marched back to ***The Mother/Father land*** Thousands of gang rapes UNREPORTED, The history books have put this horrific crimes in top secret files, Thats ok Stalin put most of the returning ruzzians to the gulag.
А старшие вам не рассказывали, что делали поляки и чехи с немецким населением на немецких землях, присоединённых к Польше и Чехии после войны?@@gerryhouska2859
@42:40 She talks about the rape playbook of wars of conquest. Serbian soldiers in the 1990s Bosnian & Kosovar wars literally said they were copying their big bro, Russia’s behavior from 1945 when the Russians had moved across Poland to Germany & Berlin, mass raping & murdering the entire way. Something like 2 million girls & women were raped by Russians in Berlin alone. Serbia’s use of rape in the two 90s wars were so outrageous that then Hague finally made rape a war crime. They raped approx 70,000 in those two wars & the Hague convicted a mere handful of the war criminals. Thankful for these people who are actually going after the worst scum of humanity imaginable. Most rapists will have a long list of silent crimes that haven’t come to light. Imo, I think you have to have at least some sociopathy in you, in order to take the initiative to rape. Most men don’t, even though all soldiers could take advantage of their power or the chaos. Note the two Russian soldiers who found the rapist Blue & got the victim out, then followed up with getting him in trouble. Also Old Man.
There are lighter alternatives, but tbh this wasn't even close the most horrific and explicit reportage out there, comparatively sanitised. If you don't want to hear this, there's other topics about this war (and hybrid-war on all democratic systems) worth watching and understanding. Like, try Vlad Vexler or similar.
I would appreciate it, if we can get English voice subtitle for the whole videos. The east Europeans speaks very fast and its hard for me to stop at the right time to read the subtitle 😅. My roots are in Poland, so i know how fast they speak 😅😂
In every society there is a subset that protects the balance of society by their fierceness and obstinance. Solzhenitsyn described a situation where if a small portion of people resist to death, the offenders slow their attacks as, they are fundamentally cowards. These people here who doggedly pursue Justice are not only helping victims, they help protect the future.
Great film. It is also so important that it is exposed how the Russians leverage Ukrainian vs Ukrainian violence - and then threaten to kill the guy after. It makes a scary story even scarier.
@@ardri31 Fuck off, rape apologist. The only reason there was any sort of violence in the Donbas is because of the intervention of the russian military from 2014 onward.
@@ardri31oh lord.. there is always people like you,pointing your fingers.. "but look ! Everyone's doing it!" the ruzzian soldiers came to pillage and burn ukraine.. or is your head so far up Main stream medias ass that you feel the need to somehow justify rape?? Wtf is wrong with you
im not doubting the fact this didnt happen but you guys turn the other cheek when uaf troops do the same, such as the crimes committed by numerous azov batallion
How do you exspect us to read what the women are saying? we are human. Plus I am slow lol next time it would be gratly appreachated if it was slowed down just a hair & a half.. Have a great day,,
I think this is a load of crap. Could you imagine someone walking through Chicago just looking for someone with the military call sign “blue”? It’s laughable. Especially if you’ve ever actually been in the military.
@@kingof206 well sounds more like you are trying to normalize it.. it is not normal like you are trying to make it out to be, especially not compared to western army's as it is systemic in the Russian army and the lack of investigation from the russian federation into all war crimes russia has committed because it is being sanctioned and approved by the federation itself.
My family member remembered: (Regarding ordinary life in a small slovakian village 39-45) "Germans didn't really cared about us, they let us have our stuff and house, didn't steal or touched anyone" but regarding SSSR liberation it was something different "we heard stories from other villages as they were coming closer (she didn't tell us obviously about violence or rape, but that was kinda obvious), as soon as soviets came into our street, we ran through window and hide in the vineyard with younger brother and mother". So one side (germans) was lawfully seen as evil, the other (soviets - yes, russians, ukrainians, belorussians and many more nations), in many ways same bad and violent was seen as liberators. Thats the shadow of history over eastern Europe till today.
the soviets lost so much in this war, their homes and families, even entire bloodlines, almost every family in this period lost at least someone. Additionally the germans saw the slavs as subhuman and treated them as such. what do you expect? that the soviets were holy angels and they wouldn´t want some kind of revenge? Please... get of your high horse and at least try to put oneself and such a position. Rape is wrong, and im not justifying it, but it is and was part in EVERY conflict of the human history, thats just how humans work in these scenarios. Saying this is in the russian playbook is very narrow minded.
"The sheer scale of the sexual violence committed by the Red Army was overwhelming. It was not just an act of revenge, but a manifestation of a culture of violence and dehumanization." - Antony Beevor
Why do you think the Franch hate the Americans? It wasn't the liberation of France, it was more like invasion of France, war crimes, looting and sexual crimes started in day one of by the Americans. What the red army did in the east the Americans and their allies did in the west... the only difference is nobody talks about that. Do you know that more German soldiers died in American prison camps as POW that in actual combat on the western front? Killing pow after the war ended is called crime... nobody talks about it. Do your research.
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tell them they did nothing wrong. Ruzzians have been fetishizing this sh*t since forever, and even in modern history, after communism fell, during the 90s and early 2000s they were STILL fetishizing rape. It's not bc of anything any of you did, or did not do. It is estirely THEIR insanity and their sin at the end of the day. Never forget that. No matter what they say. They're just pathetic lying cowards.
hiking, being outside, moving, seeing nice things. it always helps. Just keep moving. Somehow when your legs move, your mind and feelings change too :). (and maybe martial arts when you're feeling up to it). It's good to get those skills and it also helps you feel better.
Just lots of activities and anything which focuses you on the present moment, helps. And what is great is that it works for everyone: men, women, childrens. It makes everyone's trauma better and helps ppl heal faster. Animals help too, they're always ''in the moment", and you can trust them more than ppl usually, to keep you super grounded, and focused on the present moment. Also they are adorable! You can't beat that. No humans are as fluffy and cute as pets. Nature's gift.
Don't worry about the panic attacks, that's just your nevous system eliminating stress. When you try to hold it back that's when it tends to get worse. Try to have some fun with them, do some ''primal scream therapy" classes. Stress needs to get out somehow. It's like sneezing, but for your psyche. There's no point in holding back a sneeze, right? It's just like that. You will return back to yourself and feel like a normal person again. Do not worry. It just takes time. But in the meantime you can pick up extra skills, so you'll be like your old self but much, much cooler >:).
sorry, one more thing: if you let them write it down as if it's a scene is a movie, not their own actual experience, that might help. Especially for the ones that are a dit dissociated or used ''disconnecting" during the traumatic event. To them it is already as if it happend to someone else, bc that was the psychological tool they used to protect themselves. So, if it can be done that way, the victims might find that a lot easier. Also try writting it, instead of speaking it. And then you can have the stories disconnected from their names, if possible. Just use a code name for when they're read out load. You can still keep a record, like the court would know who's story belongs to whom, for the paperwork. BUT, when/IF the lawyers read the stories, see if you can use code names or numbers for that part, whenver possible.
Too often the victims are made to feel as if they're the ones ''on trial". That really makes trauma worse. If they can be allowed to say the stories in a way which protects their privacy a bit and does not put any more undue stress on them, that will make it much easier. The lawyers can read the statements. Again, whever possible, and whenever the legal system allows it. I do believe that will make it much, much easier while still preserving the authenticity and maybe more ppl will come forward that way too.
Instead of saying "the guy took me into this room..."etc., let them say it in 3rd person: "the man took the girl into the room and..." etc. They might find that easier, especially in the beginning when they need to give reports and do so right away, but are still struggling with trauma. The trauma can interfere with their ability to explain the events. So, if you can let them talk in a way which decreases that panic response that will actually lead to better reports for you, and better outcomes for the victims too.
The brain disconnects to protect itself. It's a knee jerk reaction but same as with the knee jerk response, there is a reason for it. It serves a purpose. Rather than trying to fight against nature, we can go with the flow a bit, and work within that framework. Once the psyche is healed that ''disconnect" goes away. It's like a scab. It's just there to protect them. And it takes time to get itchy and fall off. It's ok to let it fall off on it's own and just work around it, if you need to.
They disconnected, it's as if happend to someone else...ok, great...describe what happened to someone else, and then we're gonna let you ''name" that someone else too :). You can pick any pseudo-name you'd like :)). That kind of thing. It's just easier and smoother as a process. And does not have as much risk of re-traumatizing them, imo.
A lot of trauma survivors also feel that by ''reintegrating" those memories and ''reconnecting" it's kind of like giving the bad guys extra power over them. They'd rather put it in a box and let that box rot with all it's stinking contents...than "re-connect" with those memories. We have to find ways to kind of understand and respect that, imo. It's ok to let the box rot away. Describing what was in the box won't give it new life, we have hazmat suits and will just throw some extra ''disintegration" powders on top of it >:). Flowers will grow in it's place later. You don't have to re-live anything you don't want to. It's all contained. You can keep it that way and just be happy knowing it's rotting away as it should be. That is key, I think.
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Amazing courage these women demonstrated by telling their stories. Great job by KI to handle such a sensitive story. Fearless journalism!
Thank you for watching!
These girls are so brave for speaking out. I really wish them safe recovery. And hope that these horrors get punished someday. And if not, I'm sure God sees and judges all by their doings.
Ти тупуватий бот. 😅
No they aren't lol
@@reapthewhirlwind6915says the little ork troll
@@reapthewhirlwind6915reap what you sow comrade.
@@protoprime4213 ukraine and Russia both orcs lol slavs orcs
Thank you for your work. It's so important to show this to the world. My heart aches deeply for the women, men, and children who have suffered and still do. 💔
Thank you for watching!
War makes normal people do disgusting things, however sexual violence takes a "special" person to commit. Its all about fear and power, people will comply if their children are targeted in this way, but a 5yo? Russians have done nothing to alleviate their barbaric reputation. God bless and protect all the men, women and children who have been victims of these demons ❤❤
Russians has statistical 10% of military criminals as any another army in the world !!! Just keep your mouth shut if you don’t have any knowledge about war and military warfare peculiarities !
I dont agree. And I have a war experience. Brutal, disgustig war. I know countless normal ppl that were ready to shoot their own for the crimes.
Its like money, money doesnt corrupt, it just shows your true face. These ppl were allways bad ppl, its just that war gave them opportunity and circumstances to show who they are.
I know quite a few ppl that got wealthy really fast and really wealthy, and they became even better ppl, happier to be able to help others because of money.
Those that go rotten were allways this way, it just that they hid, affraid to show who they are really, untill they got the confidence that money gives.
This reminds me of how one of my students told me about when she was under occupation in Irpin. Thankfully she and her daughter are now safe. I hate these bastards so much words can hardly express it.
The work is hard, but so important!
Брехати?
@@Ликвидаторрагулья No.
@@Ликвидаторрагулья why would anyone lie ?? its the same play book as ww2 ! many European nations occupied both in the east and west by the nazi lived better and were treated better than they were when liberated by the Soviets !!!! the russians spread their seed via rape though out every liberated nation ! its well documented by survivors of ww2 ! go do some homework ! ORC !
@@Ликвидаторрагулья What lie?
My german grandmother told me a story of how she had to listen to a russian soldier rapping her mother shortly after the second world war ended. I guess times and humans never change.
Thank you for posting all of this. Just horrible to listen to these stories.Good job!
Thank you for watching!
Powerful journalism! I hope these "soldiers" are brought to justice.
Threy are not "soldiers". They are soldiers of the Armed Forces of Russian Federation.
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Very important work! Thanks!
Thank you for watching and supporting.
Watching this reminds me about Schmitz Auschwitz, how these people who live with themselves is beyond me. I hope they find blue eye and what’s coming to him. What a world we live in. Just so in humane. It’s beyond belief.😢😢
Justice will come
Shame on you Putin
😂 Do you think Putin is guilty because ukrainians provoke him to start military operation?
@@Nk1277-h1n Explain the provoked it
@@Nk1277-h1n Putin invaded illegally to steal lands- there is no excuse for his bloodthirst. The Russian parliament has NOT voted War against Ukraine.
Those bastards - all of them - must be brought to account. Thank you for this film.
This should be shown to every western politician. Heartbreaking 💔 Ukraine you are always in our thoughts and prayers 🇬🇧🇺🇦🙏
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The fact that sexual violence is expected in "conflicts" makes my skin crawl.
God is needed so much in the world right now.
Not only in conflicts but even among the soldiers themselfes, watch the new vice episode about it
@JR-mh8vn oh I'm well aware of rape used against men. I've seen some sickening videos since February 2022. The extent of cruelty is beyond my Christian understanding. Isn't war bad enough? My goodness.
God has nothing to do with morality. Just saying. The atheists i know would never consider sa to be ok at any time. It's usually the religious & sexually repressed who do believe it's warranted. That's the sick bit if you ask me.
If God is seeing this from heaven, he/she has also realised that we humans are not worth salvation. Despite being God's greatest creation who have dominated the world we always go back to our natural instincts of war and lust no matter how civilized we become this is the absolute truth. God can't help us in this. He already has helped us by giving us a brain and made us the only self conscious being on this planet. The rest is up to us how we use it, either for continued world peace and development as a whole or endless conflicts and savagery like this
Obviously, God isn't needed. Most Russians are Orthodox (over 70%). You can, of course, extrapolate that across Russian armed forces in Ukraine. Which makes most Russian soldiers also Orthodox Christians. Them being Christian, them believing in God hasn't stopped them from raping and massacring civillians.
Sadly, the stigma attached to rape victims is still very prevalent in Poland, Ukraine, Russia, and some of the other slavic countries. Even when it's clear that it's consent or die, there is still a stain forever attached to that person. This is what keeps victims quiet even here in north america. It's estimated that only 1-10 rapes are reported and that figure is probably even higher in Ukraine. The WWII reports had 90,000 rapes perpetrated on the German women when the Russians came in. That figure is probably a lot lower than the actual numbers, just like in Ukraine. Given the Russian casualties, probably most of the rapists have already been killed. Russia has proven itself to be a brutal, backward, unevolved ignorant barbaric society unfit to be be in the company of any civilized nation.
ruSSia will be ruSSia, it must be stopped now!
Fully agree - AND this is what is behind putin's call for a "New World Order"?, which is actually NO world order - in its simplicity he is calling for a survival of the fittest, barbaric, the strongest survive, at any cost - do whatever they want to do - doesn't sound like any "World Order" - so laughable - too bad so many reputable media outlets worldwide, even repeat and cover such rubbish - just ignore russia - as most of what they say are lies - for that reason I have slimmed down listening to some world media outlets who just repeat russia's rubbish
Peace to Ukraine!
Disgusting… No professional soldiers will go so low. That was a criminal!
Congratulations to your investigative Kyiv independent team, for making a heart-opening documentary film, life-affirming and hopeful, about systemic sexual violence.
These people show themselves as survivors and encourage others, to be open and accept help. Because we are all in this together.
The Chinese use this kind of “technique” in Tibet and Xinjiang. I wonder who taught whom.
True..they want the whole world to know the tragedy of rape and killings done by the japs in their villages but doesnt want to talk about their atrocity towards the tibetans..shame on them
Yeah and it happened to the Chinese people as well. Look up the rape of Nanking. As much as we hate these type of things to happen. No matter what country it is, a lot of disgusting things we don’t and will never agree is okay will keep on happened even after me and you are gone. It’s sad and sickening. But quit acting like it’s just one side that does things like this. There’s sick individuals regardless of what side you’re on
@@Spl2iT3 The fact remains, it is happening NOW and at this very moment IN CHINESE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES.
This is amazing investigative journalism. It makes me happy to see.
I am currently writing my master’s thesis on CRSV in Ukraine. This definitely had some useful information for my writing. Thank you for sharing! Best wishes from Lithuania 🇱🇹
Thanks, Kyiv Independent.
russian bot very active in the comments
It’s like 99% bots attacking each other.
100% they dont like this video
This year they got boosted further. In smaller comment sections they make 2/3 of comments now, so looks like the goal is to flood the comments and information flow, and this next jump in activity was expected from our counterintelligence at the beginning of this year.
Remember not to feed the clear culprits and not call some "moderate" non-Kremlin line pessimistic commentators bots. It's hard, but you can still tell apart the bot accounts from genuine users most of the time with practice. There's software for that too, unfortunately expensive.
very well done! such a tragic story.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart to the women willing to speak of their experiences and to the journalists who help to make the injustice visible.
May opening up about these horrors help in healing, step by step, and bring compassion and trust back to their hearts. 😪
its an amazing journalism should be more vidoes like this people telling truth about what is happening
This is one of the reasons Patton despised the Red Army
I love Nataliia's victim vs survivor definition. Survivor is great and positive.
Ukranian folks please what's the name of this girl journalist?
She did a great, great job.....and she dignified her victims interviewed by conducting the interview almost without any question....amazing! I've thought of her as a psychologist journalist.
Congratulations
What does her name matter to you? You come across as creepy.
@@ozdigg9254 first of all show your face bot. Second I'm a screenwriter and some years ago I've worked as a journalist too cuz my experience in Iraq. And finally you don't even know the meaning of the slang "creepy " something I'm not..... welP go back to your place foreigner
@@ozdigg9254 by the way you need to improve your English skills. "Come across " LOL,LOL,LOL
Вона не журналіст. Вона ципсо.
Rodrigo, если бы она ещё рассказала о батальоне Торнадо...но об этом она не расскажет, потому что это зверства уже украинцев. Вообще, если хотите увидеть более-менее правдивую картину, надо слушать и смотреть обе стороны.
This belongs in the headlines of every single major news organization. Russia’s use of sexual violence as a tool of war must be stopped & prosecuted. My heart is with the Ukrainian survivors and those currently in occupied Ukraine. I will write my senators & urge them to watch this.
Serbs committed 70,000 rapes in the Bosnian & Kosovar wars all through the 1990s. Only a handful were tried in the Hague even though its a war crime…directly because of the Serbs behavior of mass raping civilians. It was part of their genocidal plans (Russian created the term ethnic cleansing & the Serbians eagerly used it).
@@Hajde_budalla Albanian terrorists have committed genocide against Serbian civilians in Kosovo.
I pray Ukrainians and the survivors of these horrific acts find peace
Some crazy ****, but that's why I love Kyiv Independent, who covers everything you need to know.
Thank you for your support!
Let us not even NOT EVEN mention what some ((not all, but enough) ruzzian troops did to german women and GIRLS ,,,,AFTER ww2 was signed off as DONE. The Ukraineian women have not near suffered what some german women went through. (= gang rape) So so so glad this guy Blue has been taged and will be brought to justice. But as we know the victim never fully recovers,
that's nonsenses, of course they recover. Don't say dumb stuff like that. We got no room for negativity here. Only Positive vibes! >:)
Not only German, from my elders I understand the same rapes and looting happened when "liberating" Poland and Czechoslovakia.
@@gerryhouska2859 So not only gang raping females in germany but anywhere they marched back to ***The Mother/Father land*** Thousands of gang rapes UNREPORTED, The history books have put this horrific crimes in top secret files, Thats ok Stalin put most of the returning ruzzians to the gulag.
Stop telling women one suffers more from rape than another. Unless you are a woman who has been raped, STFU.
А старшие вам не рассказывали, что делали поляки и чехи с немецким населением на немецких землях, присоединённых к Польше и Чехии после войны?@@gerryhouska2859
I suddenly remembered the quote "War have no rules, everything is fair in war"
Please dub your videos so that more people can listen to them.
Whoa. Did you indicate that 'for months there was news of rukies invasion"?
Throughout History War Hate and Revenge
@42:40 She talks about the rape playbook of wars of conquest. Serbian soldiers in the 1990s Bosnian & Kosovar wars literally said they were copying their big bro, Russia’s behavior from 1945 when the Russians had moved across Poland to Germany & Berlin, mass raping & murdering the entire way. Something like 2 million girls & women were raped by Russians in Berlin alone.
Serbia’s use of rape in the two 90s wars were so outrageous that then Hague finally made rape a war crime. They raped approx 70,000 in those two wars & the Hague convicted a mere handful of the war criminals.
Thankful for these people who are actually going after the worst scum of humanity imaginable. Most rapists will have a long list of silent crimes that haven’t come to light. Imo, I think you have to have at least some sociopathy in you, in order to take the initiative to rape. Most men don’t, even though all soldiers could take advantage of their power or the chaos. Note the two Russian soldiers who found the rapist Blue & got the victim out, then followed up with getting him in trouble. Also Old Man.
Prava si budala
German soldiers raped millions.
Soviets raped a few hundred thousand.
Albanians raped thousands of Serbian civilians in Kosovo.
Weakness arouses evil. Ukraine and Ukrainians have no other option but to become strong.
I wish more people see this true face of good russians
A documentary I should see, as part of being a responsible member of humanity. But I can't make myself.
There are lighter alternatives, but tbh this wasn't even close the most horrific and explicit reportage out there, comparatively sanitised. If you don't want to hear this, there's other topics about this war (and hybrid-war on all democratic systems) worth watching and understanding. Like, try Vlad Vexler or similar.
Slava Ukraini
I would appreciate it, if we can get English voice subtitle for the whole videos. The east Europeans speaks very fast and its hard for me to stop at the right time to read the subtitle 😅. My roots are in Poland, so i know how fast they speak 😅😂
In every society there is a subset that protects the balance of society by their fierceness and obstinance. Solzhenitsyn described a situation where if a small portion of people resist to death, the offenders slow their attacks as, they are fundamentally cowards. These people here who doggedly pursue Justice are not only helping victims, they help protect the future.
Source: Trust Nazis bro😂
Its the same like back then.
48:13 The good "Russians" from Buryatia.
Eastern Germany knows very well.
ukrainian propaganda
orcs are the devils troops !
Jadni Ljudi 😢
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10% of war criminals in every army of the world ! And in ukrainian army also minimum 10% of criminals !
Great film. It is also so important that it is exposed how the Russians leverage Ukrainian vs Ukrainian violence - and then threaten to kill the guy after. It makes a scary story even scarier.
No it does Not make it scarier. This story is about rape, and the threats that force compliance.
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You should tell world about crimes of ukrainian Tornado battalion in 2014 !!!
This crime is a inlackable of war thorough history of war. I'm not saying it right
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gringos also did this in central america and in the gulf war.
Make love not war 😂
Here, put your lips on this pipe
Ukies talking shit again
And you dont think ukraine soldiers do this in the donbas?
They don't.
@@nibblerseven yes they absolutly do
@@ardri31 Fuck off, rape apologist. The only reason there was any sort of violence in the Donbas is because of the intervention of the russian military from 2014 onward.
@@ardri31oh lord.. there is always people like you,pointing your fingers.. "but look ! Everyone's doing it!" the ruzzian soldiers came to pillage and burn ukraine.. or is your head so far up Main stream medias ass that you feel the need to somehow justify rape?? Wtf is wrong with you
@@ardri31 oh look some guy in the comments trying to justify rape?? Wtf is wrong with you
im not doubting the fact this didnt happen but you guys turn the other cheek when uaf troops do the same, such as the crimes committed by numerous azov batallion
"Kyiv dependent on CIA funds"
Also you are kidding yourselves if you think this doesn’t happen on both sides.
It's doesn't, because the ZSU isn't occupying russian territory.
@@nibblerseventhey ain't yet!
@@nibblerseven Ukraine has occupied the Donbass for years.
@@slawawacker Except the muscovites had no issue with it being part of Ukraine until they decided they did. Fuck right off.
@@slawawackerUkraine "occupying" Ukrainian land....go figure
How do you exspect us to read what the women are saying? we are human. Plus I am slow lol next time it would be gratly appreachated if it was slowed down just a hair & a half.. Have a great day,,
I think this is a load of crap. Could you imagine someone walking through Chicago just looking for someone with the military call sign “blue”? It’s laughable. Especially if you’ve ever actually been in the military.
just cuz you don't know how to use the internet
I don't believe her ❓
Постановочное видео!!
Nobody talks about the crimes Ukrainian army is doing? Let's talk about it... it's ok. Nobody? I thought so.
@leventeerdelyi7438 конечно, здесь это никто не скажет. Никто не расскажет, что творили АТО на Донбассе.
Russia is to blame here, they invaded and before you start to babble about Donbas, there was a war against Russian backed rebels.
@@tsmudiIf you don't know the history of relations between Russia and Ukraine, then you better not talk
@@SvetlanaSVE What is there to know? Ukraine want to go with Europe so Russia Invaded.
First they tried with the so called "Rebels" but they were such fuck ups that now they invaded fully
Even the after war, Russian soldiers did the same thing to Japanese women in Manchuria.
so sad to see this happening
AGAIN A PUTIN TROPHY FOR HIS MANTLE OF HORRORS
Western leaders need to see this. This is not an aberration but systemic.
Yes Ukraines volunteer batallions have been doing it for years even to children. Western leaders should look into that.
It happens in all wars tbh. This is quite normal for war.
@@kingof206 well sounds more like you are trying to normalize it.. it is not normal like you are trying to make it out to be, especially not compared to western army's as it is systemic in the Russian army and the lack of investigation from the russian federation into all war crimes russia has committed because it is being sanctioned and approved by the federation itself.
Outrage outrage!!! Go cry about it
@HANUMAN7454 man you are so ridiculous, and a liar. There is no substance to your claims
It's on the Russia playbook since centuries ago.....everybody knows what happened to German children, girls,women and even elderly women in 1945.
My family member remembered: (Regarding ordinary life in a small slovakian village 39-45) "Germans didn't really cared about us, they let us have our stuff and house, didn't steal or touched anyone" but regarding SSSR liberation it was something different "we heard stories from other villages as they were coming closer (she didn't tell us obviously about violence or rape, but that was kinda obvious), as soon as soviets came into our street, we ran through window and hide in the vineyard with younger brother and mother". So one side (germans) was lawfully seen as evil, the other (soviets - yes, russians, ukrainians, belorussians and many more nations), in many ways same bad and violent was seen as liberators. Thats the shadow of history over eastern Europe till today.
@@Sp1k3e not our soldiers. An American soldier who raped German women .....he was killed in the same day.
the soviets lost so much in this war, their homes and families, even entire bloodlines, almost every family in this period lost at least someone. Additionally the germans saw the slavs as subhuman and treated them as such. what do you expect? that the soviets were holy angels and they wouldn´t want some kind of revenge? Please... get of your high horse and at least try to put oneself and such a position. Rape is wrong, and im not justifying it, but it is and was part in EVERY conflict of the human history, thats just how humans work in these scenarios. Saying this is in the russian playbook is very narrow minded.
@@dennisgunther1897"i don't justify rape" proceeds to justify it. Putin isn't gonna give you money bozo
@@protoprime4213 I just gave possible explanations. You think Americans, Germans, English, french, etc never raped in wars ?
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It is so crucially important to share stories like that!
"The sheer scale of the sexual violence committed by the Red Army was overwhelming. It was not just an act of revenge, but a manifestation of a culture of violence and dehumanization." - Antony Beevor
They even raped Russian women who had been put in prison camps in Germany.
@@goranforsberg639true, but Russians literally raped their way house to house.
Why do you think the Franch hate the Americans? It wasn't the liberation of France, it was more like invasion of France, war crimes, looting and sexual crimes started in day one of by the Americans. What the red army did in the east the Americans and their allies did in the west... the only difference is nobody talks about that. Do you know that more German soldiers died in American prison camps as POW that in actual combat on the western front? Killing pow after the war ended is called crime... nobody talks about it. Do your research.
Reading his books made me hate Soviet soldiers more than anything, I see nothing had changed.
Very small amount of people know about this even in European countries , this should go public and popular
Thank you for your work
Thank you for watching!
Her soul left her body from shock and pain and fear until she felt it safe to return. A common response to horror, and torture, and rape.
Beautifully and sensitively explored documentary about the horrid wartime crime of rape. God bless these young women.
Thank you so much for reporting about this important topic. You are really doing an absolutely amazing work.
Thank you for watching!
Such bravery from these women. Thank you Kyiv Independent for pursuing this investigation.
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Rape isnt about sex its about power humiliation torture etc
now imagine the 10,000s more stories just like these :(
Shame on Russia
I get do mad when i watch this, i hopenfor justice
Тебе також.... На другий поверх 😅
@IBetterTellYouTheTruth , If you find out about the atrocities of the Ukrainians, you will clink glasses even more, poor fellow
It would be a shame if the security services found out where they live and brought swift justice...
thank you for raising this topic
Thank you for your work!