Katya Hatsenko is a fellow for Current Time Digital. Current Time is the Russian-language network run by RFE/RL in cooperation with VOA.
Among the 27 people killed when a Russia missile slammed into the central Ukrainian city of Vinnytsya one year ago: Liza, a 4-year-old girl with Down syndrome. “Even if all of Russia is destroyed, it will not bring back our loved ones,” said her mother, Iryna Dmytriyeva.
Ukrainian prosecutors and numerous aid groups have documented evidence of hundreds of cases of alleged sexualized violence by Russian forces during the occupation of parts of Ukraine. They are reaching out to the survivors to bring them the help they need and to try to punish the perpetrators.
