A Russian soldier who was allegedly deployed to Ukraine was detained final Saturday, April 9, after a video was posted on numerous social media platforms which clearly confirmed a child being sexually abused by the soldier.
Primarily based on studies, the soldier was arrested in Russia and never in Ukraine. This may increasingly imply that the sexual abuse might have been filmed earlier than the invasion. Additionally it is potential that he had been despatched house throughout the conflict. Additionally it is unknown whether or not he was really deployed to Ukraine or not.
Right here at SOFREP, we attempt to be as goal with the recognized info as we will. We resisted leaping on this story when it got here out as a result of the knowledge on it was sketchy. Immediately, we lay out what info we might discover concerning the state of affairs to find out whether or not the movies had been taken earlier than the invasion, throughout, or after.
It was revealed that the soldier in query was Alexey Bychkov. Based on customers of the Vkontakte platform, Bychkov is a lieutenant from Russia’s army unit No.64044, a unit based mostly in Pskov, Northwestern Russia. Web customers additionally revealed that he was mentioned to be born in 1997 in Stavropol however presently resides in Krasnodar. These items of data weren’t from official paperwork and couldn’t be verified.
Based on a report carried out by Specific UK, all Russian army items from Pskov had been working in Ukraine as per a press release by Chairman of the Council of Veterans of the 76th Guards Division of the Airborne Forces Yuri Sosedov.
The soldier had allegedly filmed and photographed himself conducting the sexual abuse and despatched these to a fellow Russian soldier. From right here, the movies and photographs are unfold on-line saying these occasions occurred in Ukraine. If true, it could have been the newest addition to the listing of Russian conflict crimes which have been piling up for the reason that invasion started.
A army man who videotaped sexual acts with an toddler was detained in #Russia.
The title of him is Alexey Bychkov. It’s reported that he filmed such content material for the sake of promoting it on the #darknet. He was let down after he despatched the movies with the kid to his colleagues. pic.twitter.com/rcqmZFzTyv
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) April 10, 2022
Belarusian information outlet Nexta reported that the soldier supposed to promote the content material on the darknet however was turned in by his fellow troopers movies after he despatched the movies to them. They don’t point out whether or not the crimes had been dedicated in Ukraine or not.
Based on Russian investigative journalists at The Insider and Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian journalists from “That’s How,” Bychkov had carried out unimaginable sexual abuse on the kid. Nonetheless, in addition they admitted that the date of the movies couldn’t be verified.
A whole lot of rape instances have been recorded in Ukraine, allegedly carried out by Russian troopers. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky talked about these cases throughout his speech in Lithuania. He even talked about Bychkov by title.
“A whole lot of instances of rape have been recorded, together with underage women, very younger kids. And even a child!” he mentioned. “Even this individual, this Russian savage Bychkov from Pskov, is recognized. The paratrooper or particular providers officer who despatched this video to his comrades.”
Ukraine was fast to make use of it for their very own propaganda functions as President Zelensky spoke about it in a video to the world.
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“That is the Russian army. ‘Defender’ of youngsters.”
You could discover Zelensky speaking concerning the alleged rape on the 3:01 mark.
“The President of #Ukraine, Zelensky advised the Parliament of Lithuania concerning the Russian military’s crimes in #Ukraine, together with the audacious rape of a child by a paratrooper from the Pskov division,” Channel 5 reported pic.twitter.com/noU593PcF3
— KyivPost (@KyivPost) April 12, 2022
Olexander Scherba, Ukraine’s Ambassador to Austria from 2014 to 2021, tweeted concerning the incident saying, “Meet a monster. A baby-rapist,” and added that he couldn’t watch the movies. He admitted that somebody advised him that it was a pre-war video however mentioned, “I don’t know. Nevertheless it’s a Russian soldier, Russian military. The one that’s in #Ukraine now.”
A native information outlet in Ukraine verifies that the army unit quantity 64044 was in Kharkiv as that they had captured a 21-year previous soldier from that particular unit. Prison proceedings had been began to jail the soldier in query. Nonetheless, it makes no point out of a child being raped.
With all the knowledge obtainable to us in the mean time, it can’t be confirmed whether or not Bychkov did report these movies in Ukraine as he has allegedly had a historical past of pedophilia even earlier than the conflict, based on customers of Vkontakte.
Additionally it is vital to notice that the Russian soldier obtained a positive for transporting kids with no automotive seat in Krasnodar, Russia, on March 8, based on “That’s How.” The Russian invasion of Ukraine began on February 24. He was caught by the police when the proprietor of the automotive, Anastasia Tsekres, noticed the alleged rape movies. Moreover, Russian troops had been already increase months earlier than the invasion. Tsekres couldn’t be reached for remark. This account suggests very strongly that the rape of the kid occurred in Russia as Bychkov couldn’t be getting a ticket in Russia whereas additionally combating together with his unit in Ukraine.
Either side have been publishing their propaganda concerning the conflict. As such, the restricted variety of info obtainable shouldn’t be substantial sufficient to totally join the atrocity to when he was deployed in Ukraine.
Nonetheless, what is bound is that Bychkov did rape a child as he was arrested by native Russian authorities. This in itself is the core problem, as no child ought to ever be uncovered to sexual abuse.
The latest verified account of rape was in Shevchenkove village within the Brovary district, the place a Ukrainian mom was gang-raped by Russian troops after that they had shot her husband. Their son was within the subsequent room whereas she received raped a number of occasions.
A radio intercept additionally revealed Russians casually speaking about raping a 16-year-old Ukrainian woman who was allegedly gang-raped by three Russian tank troopers. In Irpin, a 15-year-old woman was raped when she was held hostage by Russians and positioned in a basement. She was filmed by these troopers.
In Mariupol, a number of cases of rape had additionally emerged, with one lady being raped in entrance of her son; she later died because of her wounds. A 3-year-old in Mykolaiv was additionally raped and subsequently killed alongside together with her household.
Final April 8, Ukraine’s Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights Lyudmila Denisova reported that Russian troopers had kidnapped 120,000 Ukrainian kids. They had been allegedly raped and despatched over to the Russian border. Denisova mentioned that troops raped an 11-year-old boy in Bucha, together with a 14-year-old woman. As of writing, the younger woman is now pregnant. Based on the top of the army administration of Kryvyi Rih, Oleksandr Vilkul, Russians had additionally raped a 16-year-old woman and an aged 78-year-old lady.
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