The European Union approved on Tuesday sanctions against the Russian militarynine people and three organizations involved in cases of sexual violence against women in the war in Ukraine, among other scenarios such as South Sudan, Afghanistan or Iran, where violence against women is on the rise, diplomatic sources confirmed.

On the eve of International Women’s Day, the European Union adds to its “black list” police and military commanders responsible for repressions against the Ukrainian population and, in particular, the four leaders responsible for leading the military units involved in the sexual attacks on women during the Russian invasion of the neighboring country. Near first time andn which Twenty-seven apply sanctions regime for violation of human rights to cases of sexual violence against women.

The text of the sanctions to which he had access Europe Presspoints to division commander Nikolai Kuznetsov and Colonel Ramil Ibatullin, Russian military leaders in the offensive against Ukraine, parts of which systematic acts of sexual violence against women between March and April 2022, during the early stages of the invasion.

“scale and gravity acts of sexual and gender-based violence in the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine speaks of systematic planning. The commanders knew about the sexual violence by military personnel in Ukraine and in some cases encouraged and gave orders,” reads the legal text accompanying the sanctions, which points to gang rape of Russian military personnel and cases of sexual assault of pregnant women.