Exclusive-Ukraine accuses Russian snipers of abusing child, gang raping mother

A scan of a document with a lineup of 12 Russian soldiers suspected in a spree of sexual violence in the Brovary district on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine in March 2022, compiled by Ukraine's Prosecutor General's war crimes office to help victims identify perpetrators of rape and other atrocities. Ukraine's Prosecutor General's office/Handout via REUTERS

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine has accused two Russian soldiers of sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl and gang raping her mother at gunpoint in front of her father, as part of widespread allegations of abuse during the more than one-year-long invasion.

According to Ukrainian prosecution files seen by Reuters, the incidents were among a spree of sex crimes Russian soldiers of the 15th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade committed in four homes of Brovary district near the capital Kyiv in March 2022.