UNITED NATIONS – A report commissioned by the United Nations this month found Russian forces in Ukraine committed an array of war crimes, including summary executions, torture, rape and other acts of sexual violence against Ukrainian civilians.

The report by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine details violations of human rights and international humanitarian law in four regions occupied by Russian armed forces. The commission focused its investigations largely in the regions of Kyiv, Chernihiv, Kharkiv and Sumy.

In preparing the report, the commission conducted 191 interviews and traveled to 27 cities over five separate visits. In some cases, the commission found that Ukrainian forces committed war crimes against Russian troops, though those incidents were less frequent.

Moscow has repeatedly denied allegations that its forces deliberately target civilians since the full scale invasion began in late February.

In one of the most disturbing examples of sexual violence, the commission details an incident involving a four-year-old girl:

The commission said that the ages of victims of sexual assault ranged from four years of age to over 80 years old.

“Perpetrators raped the women and girls in their homes or took them and raped them in unoccupied dwellings,” the group wrote in the Oct. 18 report.

The group also wrote that spouses and family members, including children, were sometimes forced to witness the crimes committed by Russian troops who “frequently seemed under the influence of alcohol.”

The commission detailed separate incidents in March involving a middle-aged and an elderly woman in a village outside of Kyiv:

The commission wrote that some victims declined to be interviewed while others have considered suicide. One psychologist who spoke with the commission said that “all victims with whom I am working are blaming themselves for being spotted by perpetrators and being raped.”

The report also documents Russian forces unlawfully confining Ukrainian civilians in overcrowded makeshift facilities before carrying out interrogation sessions which involved methods of torture:

The report adds that Russian soldiers referred to Ukrainian civilians as “fascists” or “livestock” during interrogation sessions.

The individuals were handcuffed, tied, blindfolded and sustained prolonged beatings with rifle butts or batons. Russian forces also administered electric shocks with tasers and carried out mock executions, according to the commission.

“Victims also described acts of forced nudity during prolonged times, in front of others, which also amount to sexual violence,” the report adds.

The commission wrote that following initial detention in Ukraine, individuals were forcibly transferred to Belarus or Russia, which is a violation of international humanitarian law. Once civilians reached Russia, they were held in detention facilities, known as filtration camps, before being issued Russian identity cards. Moscow has denied those charges.

The report also outlines events in which victims in “civilian clothes, driving civilian cars and unarmed” were targeted and killed by Russian troops.

“Most of the incidents took place during daylight, which means that the civilian appearance should have been clear to the attacker,” the commission wrote, adding that soldiers shot civilians using assault rifles, or in some cases vehicle-mounted weapons.

The majority of the summary executions occurred in places where Russian armed forces were located for an extended period of time, according to the commission’s findings.

The commission concluded in its report that through its investigations in the regions of Kyiv, Chernihiv, Kharkiv and Sumy, it found that Russian armed forces carried out an “array of war crimes, violations of human rights and international humanitarian law.”

The group wrote that it will expand its investigations to include a broader geographical region in a future report.