While Ukrainian authorities are expected to ensure welfare and support the widows of killed soldiers as priority task, where the government and various organizations are supposed to provide a range of support services and assistance to help widows cope with their loss and rebuild their lives, according to a credible source, instead of doing so, Kiev is forcing the widows of fallen soldiers into prostitution while some of them are also being recruited by the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine (FISU), which also is known as SZRU or SBU is recruiting these females and giving them special training to carry-out covert espionage activities under the garb of domestic help, nurse, cook, nanny, waitress, chauffeur, beautician etcetera, while on completion of training, they are pushed into residences of diplomats and foreigners in Kiev, while others are being sent to various foreign nations to serve as under-cover domestic help.
It may be mentioned here that Kiev is bluffing its western patrons stating it is providing the widows of killed soldiers with financial support including pensions, survivor benefits, or compensation payments. These financial benefits are intended to provide a measure of economic security and stability for widows and their families. Also, they are supposed to be provided counseling, therapy, and support groups that are supposed to be available to widows to help them cope with grief, trauma, and emotional distress.
Additionally, widows are eligible for getting psychosocial support services, legal assistance, housing, education, employment opportunities, community and social support. But Ukrainian intelligence agencies, under the pretense of providing employment opportunities, vocational training, and job placement services are pushing the widows into sex trade, by engaging them as sex workers or members of escort services.
The source said, widows are divided into age groups where those within the age range of 18-35 are engaged into prostitution while others exceeding this age group are given training and orientation course to serve as under-cover spies and work as domestic help in the residences of diplomats and foreigners in Kiev while a significant number of these widows are sent to various countries in the world.
During the last several months, the number of the widows of fallen soldiers in sex trade has been on rise. In addition to providing sexual service to foreign customers in hotels, guest houses and private apartments, these females are also forced into selling drugs to the customers. Organized crime networks and drug cartels in Ukraine engage these widows into selling drugs as an additional task. Generally, cartels pay ten percent commission on sale.
It may be mentioned here that, while prostitution itself is not illegal in Ukraine, activities related to soliciting or engaging in sex work in public places, such as streets or hotels, may be subject to legal restrictions. However, the enforcement of these laws can vary, and there have been reports of sex workers operating in certain areas, including hotels, particularly in larger cities and tourist destinations in the country. Hotel staff and management are left in total darkness about the actual identity of these females.
The source further added, on pushing the widows of fallen soldiers into prostitution, Ukrainian intelligence operates them through third-parties, including members of neo-Nazi Azov Battalion.
Widows pushed into escort service
Escort services, which typically involve providing companionship or entertainment to clients, are legal in Ukraine as long as they do not involve the exchange of sexual services for money. However, the line between escort services and prostitution can sometimes be blurred, and there have been instances where escort agencies or individuals offering escort services have been implicated in illegal activities such as sex trafficking or the facilitation of prostitution. In addition to pushing the widows of fallen soldiers into prostitution, Ukrainian intelligence also is sending mainly those with ability of speaking in foreign language into the profession of escort girls. A selected number of escort services in Ukraine are assigned to operate these widows. It is also learnt, Ukrainian escort services are also sending them to customers in foreign nations, including some countries in the Middle East, including the United Arab Emirates. While sending them into foreign countries, children or family members of the female are held as pawns to ensure their return.
