UN Report Cites Russia, Israel in New Blacklist Over Wartime Sexual Violence

A United Nations annual report has, for the first time, placed Russian armed and security forces on a blacklist of actors suspected of sexual violence in conflict, according to reporting by the Associated Press. The document, expected to be formally released soon, also lists a total of 77 state and non-state actors across a dozen countries and notes a marked increase in documented cases of conflict-related sexual violence in 2025 compared with the previous year. The report states that UN investigators, despite being denied access by Russia, independently verified 310 cases linked to Russian forces in Russia and occupied Ukrainian territories....