Ukraine minister accuses Russian troops of rape, backs tribunal

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba speaks in Copenhagen, Denmark, on January 27, 2022. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP)
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba speaks in Copenhagen, Denmark, on January 27, 2022. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP)

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba is accusing Russian troops of raping women and is backing a call for the creation of a special tribunal to punish Moscow’s aggression.

“We have numerous cases of, unfortunately, when Russian soldiers rape women in the Ukrainian cities,” Kuleba tells a briefing at London’s Chatham House think-tank.

He does not provide any details, but supports an appeal by former British prime minister Gordon Brown and a swathe of international law experts for a special tribunal.

International law “is the only tool of civilization that is available to us to make sure that in the end, eventually, all those who made this war possible will be brought to justice,” Kuleba says, as civilian casualties mount in Ukraine.

“We are fighting against the enemy who is much stronger than us,” Kuleba says.

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