A militiaman and a prosecutor from Kyiv go to the recently liberated settlements of the Kherson region every day.

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From house to house, they communicate with people, documenting cases of sexual crimes committed by Russians, writes CNN.

Until the beginning of October, this part of the country was occupied by Russian troops. Fields are littered with burnt-out cars and military equipment left behind. On the walls of bombed-out buildings, you can still see the letter “Z” – a symbol used by Russian troops.

Traces and scars of war are visible in these territories. Russia used sexual violence as a “weapon of war”, UN investigators said, accusing Russian soldiers of coming to them with Viagra. Russian authorities denied accusations of war crimes in Ukraine.

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