A woman who gave permission for her Russian soldier husband to rape a Ukrainian woman has been placed on an international wanted list.
She now faces 12 years in prison after a recording of her urging her husband to carry out the heinous act was released.
The woman instructed her husband to rape occupied Ukrainians, while he was in the country fighting for Russian President Vladimir Putin - as long as he didn't tell her and used protection.
In April, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) released a clip from an intercepted phone call between a couple, who were later identified as Roman Bykovsky, 27, and Olga Bykovskaya, both originally from Orel in Russia.
Olga has now been placed on a state, interstate and international wanted lists by the Ukrainian authorities.
The call was found to have violated Article 27.2 of the Convention on the Protection of the Civilian Population in Time of War and the Geneva Convention, after the SSU completed a pre-trial investigation.
This particular article outlines that all protected persons "shall at all times be humanely treated," and that women shall be especially protected against any attack, in particular against rape, enforced prostitution, or any form of indecent assault.
In the call which was obtained by Kyiv's security forces, the woman, believed to be Olga can be heard saying: "So yeah, do it over there. Ukrainian women there. Rape them. Yeah. Don't tell me anything, understand."
Her husband then replies: "So I should rape and not tell you anything."
"Yes, so that I wouldn't know anything," she says before the pair both laugh.
"Can I really?" he asks again.
During the shocking 30-second clip that has come to light, she then says: "Yeah, I allow you. Just use protection."
The man replies again with just: "Ok."
The woman now faces a prison sentence of up to 12 years, and a preventative measures in the form of detention was chosen and can be applied after her arrest.
Investigative journalists at Radio Liberty worked with law enforcement in Ukraine to bring this call to light, and were able to identify Roman and Olga.
The two phone numbers were found to be linked to two accounts on Russia's VKontakte social network, belonging to the couple.
While Olga's account was open, Roman's account was closed to the public.
However, the journalists managed to track down a picture of him in photographs uploaded by one of his friends - Alexei Zabrusov - which showed that they served together in 2016 in the same army division.
Form there, investigators were able to work out that the pair share a four-year-old together and moved to the Russian occupied Crimea peninsula, approximately around 2018, with Roman serving in the army.
Meanwhile, on Olga's account, she had uploaded a picture with the man identified as Roman Bykovsky.
As part of their investigation, Radio Liberty called the couple using the numbers that were discovered, where Roman reportedly answered, but denied that he was still in the Kherson region.
And once he learned that he was being contacted by reporters, he also went on to deny that he was the man in the audio recording. But, Radio Liberty said his voice was a match.
Olga Bykovska also answered, and confirmed to Radio Liberty that her husband was in Sevastopol being treated for an injury.
After revealing that, she quickly cut the phone call off. Shortly after, social media account was deleted.
Throughout the Russia Ukraine war, Putin's soldiers have been accused of horrific atrocities across Ukraine, including the brutal rape and murder of women and children, often in front of their own family members.
Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky has also accused Russian troops of carrying out 'hundreds of rapes' including sexual assaults of small children in his country.
Moscow has, however, denied the claims.
