Rape as a weapon in Ukraine war

As Russian soldiers have retreated from areas around Kyiv, like Bucha, evidence is growing of the sexual violence inflicted on Ukrainian women and girls. Kira Rudik, a Ukrainian member of parliament and leader of the opposition Holos Party, has been to Bucha twice since Sunday. Rudik tells The World’s host Marco Werman that attacks on women and girls there have been brutal and systemic.

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