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Earlier this month, a Ukrainian woman told Human Rights Watch that a Russian soldier raped her while she sought shelter with other women and children in the local school. He took her into a classroom, she said. Afterward, she was cold, so she asked whether she could get dressed again. Yes, the woman said the soldier told her, but nothing from the waist down.

It’s the little details, isn’t it? In the early days of the invasion, rumors of Russian soldiers raping Ukrainian women leaked out of the occupied regions, often without a lot of accompanying information. As Russian troops have retreated from those regions, reports have become more official and specific. The 31-year-old mother’s full account of the rape appeared in a briefing from Human Rights Watch, and it’s those accompanying details — which I’ll discuss in this column, so please be warned — that haunt you.