A Russian soldier kept a Ukrainian woman in a basement and raped her for two months – Ukrainian court sentences him to 12 years
The abuse ended only when Ukrainian troops captured the Russian soldier during fighting in December 2025, freeing the woman from the basement where she had been held.
A Ukrainian court has sentenced a Russian soldier to 12 years in prison for repeatedly raping a Ukrainian civilian woman for about two months in an occupied village in Donetsk Oblast. The soldier entered the village in September 2025 and occupied the basement of a private home where the woman was sheltering from Russian attacks.
The abuse, which began in early October, continued for about two months before Ukrainian forces captured the soldier and freed the woman in December. The convicted soldier, who had spent 32 years in prison for robbery and armed robbery before joining the Russian military, was found guilty by the court and received the maximum punishment under Ukraine's Criminal Code.
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