‘Then comes sex, whether you want it or not’: A military medic reported harassment by a fellow serviceman

A military medic named Oksana shared her story about being sexually harassed by a military driver named Serhii and the pressure she faced from the command in connection with the incident.

Oksana revealed the details of the situation to journalists from Slidstvo.Info.

She recorded a video in which Serhii began harassing her and pressuring her into intimacy while they were on their way to a training ground in the Lviv region.

“He started telling me nonsense about how I should be his woman, and how he has been without sex for a long time. I told him, ‘Listen, anything can happen in life. I need to get married, and eventually, I want to have children. I need a serious relationship, not something unclear,'” Oksana told the media as she recounted the story.

In the video, the following dialogue takes place between the two soldiers: “– What am I guilty of? – That you’re a woman, we’re very close, and you don’t want to have sex with me. – I respect you as a friend. – I don’t need your respect, what kind of friend am I? I’m not your friend. After this stage, sex comes anyway, whether you want it or not. Am I right?”

According to Oksana, after this, they stopped by a lake, and Serhii rubbed against her with his erect penis.

Serhii’s colleagues reported that he left the unit without permission and has been listed as missing since August 28.

Oksana reported the harassment to her unit commander, who supported her, but a certain group of people accused her of provoking the situation, and “this was backed by the senior sergeant.”

Earlier, chaplain Mark Serhieiev claimed that military medics in the army are “used in bed by everyone in turns,” which caused a scandal.