Ukraine begins first trial of Russian commander accused of rape: Soldier is accused of gang-raping m

Ukraine will today hold a preliminary hearing in its first trial of a Russian commander charged with raping a Ukrainian mother during Russia's invasion, the first of what could be dozens of such cases. . Romanov and another Russian soldier came to the family's home in a small village near Kyiv after dark on March 9 and shot dead the woman's husband Oleksiy, 33, at point blank range in the front yard, according to court documents. Vladimir Putin's men then gang-raped the victim's wife repea