A Russian soldier apparently recorded himself raping a one-year-old child in Ukraine and shared the horrific video on social media.
Alexei Bychkov is accused of being the man behind the assault, with reports in the Russian media saying he was detained by local police.
The arrest comes after Lyudmila Denisova, commissioner for human rights in the Ukrainian Parliament, alleged on Saturday that Russian troops have raped children during the war.
In a statement on Telegram, she said a 14-year-old girl in Bucha was raped by five soldiers and as a result is now pregnant.
In another shocking incident, an 11-year-old boy in the same town was also raped in front of his mum, who was tied to a chair and forced to watch.
The ombudswoman added that three soldiers also raped a 20-year-old woman in Irpen.
An earlier statement shared on Friday said Russians had raped a 16-year-old girl and her 78-year-old grandmother in a village in the Kherson region.
‘There is no place on earth or in hell where racist criminals can hide from retribution’, Ms Denisova said.
She urged victims to report cases of sexual violence by soldiers, no matter how difficult it is, adding that they ‘must bear the strictest responsibility’.
On Tuesday, she also revealed further harrowing details of the rape of a woman in the Kharkiv region, who is now undergoing rehabilitation.
Ms Denisova wrote: ‘In the Kharkiv region, the Russian occupier raped a 29-year-old woman caring for her immobile mum for more than a week.
‘The female consistently experienced sexual violence on his part, however was not able to reach police.
‘Soon a militant broke her phone. A week later on, the racist started to speak to the female about love and used to send her far from the war.
In reaction to the female’s rejection due to the failure to leave the mom, the bad guy merely shot the old female in front of her child. The female handled to get away and is now going through rehab.’
Ms Denisova’s remarks come a week after Human Rights Watch (HRW) launched a report consisting of witness accounts of Russian soldiers raping and performing Ukrainian civilians.
The organisation stated it had actually discovered a case of ‘repeated rape’, 2 cases of ‘summary execution’– among 6 males and the other of one male– and illegal violence and hazards versus civilians in between February 27 and March 14.
‘The cases we documented amount to unspeakable, deliberate cruelty and violence against Ukrainian civilians’, stated Hugh Williamson, Europe and Central Asia director at HRW.
‘Rape, murder, and other violent acts against people in the Russian forces’ custody must be examined as war criminal offenses.’
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