‘Absolutely horrifying’: Freeland promises justice for sexual violence victims in Ukraine
says Canada is committed to seeking justice for Ukrainian women and children as allegations mount of sexual violence by Russian soldiers.
Freeland was asked Thursday about war crimes that Russia has been accused of committing on Ukrainian citizens and the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war., they are being committed in Ukraine. The evidence that we’ve seen in Bucha and other parts of Ukraine that have been under Russian occupation is absolutely horrifying,” Freeland said after a tour of a carbon capture facility in Calgary.
“I do want to take a moment to underscore that one of the things that is happening is the systematic rape of Ukrainian women and children.”
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