In the Russian-occupied Melitopol of the Zaporizhzhia region, a group of Kadyrivites attacked the Russian journalist Olga Zenkova and the operator of the Russian NTV channel Yepifanov Artem Serhiyovych. She was raped, and the operator was beaten, writes the site Myukraineis.org, created by the Ukrainian government initially to popularize Ukraine. Law enforcement agencies under the control of the occupiers refused to investigate this case, and the main suspect will be Hasan Ibragimov, Kadyrov’s nephew, writes Unian.net.

In NTV’s appeal to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Olga Zenkova and cameraman Artem Yepifanov were in the city for a report. On January 17, they were having dinner in a restaurant when they were attacked by invaders who introduced themselves as “fighters of the Akhmat battalion.”

Topic prohibited “so as not to discredit the army”

The management of NTV appealed to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation with a request to investigate this case, and an official document was sent to the head of the Investigative Committee.

The management of the TV channel reported that the “law enforcement agencies” of Melitopol refused to open a criminal case, and this topic is forbidden to be covered in the news so as not to “discredit the army”.

“As a result of the attack, Artem Serhiyevich Epifanov suffered moderate injuries, as evidenced by the examination report at the Melitopol City Hospital No. 1. Regarding the correspondent Olha Viktorivna Zenkova, a group of persons also committed violent acts of a sexual nature. “, he said in an address to the investigative commission of the TV channel.

NTV notes that Olga Zenkova actually works for them. She was born in Yekaterinburg on July 21, 1983. Zenkova is under NSDC sanctions for anti-Ukrainian propaganda.

Epifanov has also worked for NTV for many years. Filmed propaganda videos in the occupied zone of Luhansk and Donetsk regions.

Nephew of Ramzan Kadyrov, the main suspect

On Monday, December 26, information appeared that Kadyrov’s nephew Hasan Ibrahimov was detained in Simferopol along with four other Chechen security forces for brutally beating a man who allegedly supported his girlfriend. The “Kadyrivets” denied everything, but the incident was allegedly recorded by video surveillance cameras, writes Unian.

Ibragimov goes to monitor the occupied regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and repeatedly draws attention there with violence, Bild also writes.

UN investigators have confirmed war crimes committed in Ukraine after the Russian invasion in February.

The UN Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine was created in March by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to investigate human rights violations by Russian troops.

In the cases investigated by the commission, the age of victims of sexual or gender-based violence ranged from four to 82 years.

The United Nations Commission also documented cases where children were raped, tortured and illegally imprisoned. “Children have been killed and injured in indiscriminate attacks using explosive weapons.”