Duchess of Edinburgh denounced Putin's forces for using rape as a weapon of war.Source: PA
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00:00 It is true that women and girls pay the highest price in terms of human cost
00:06 when it comes to the way that they are affected and the way that they can be used as weapons of war.
00:13 Rape is used to demean, to degrade and to destroy.
00:20 And we have to get better at trying to prevent that from happening.
00:25 Where we cannot prevent it from happening, what we must do is put measures in place
00:32 to support those who have fallen victim to such crimes.
00:36 And I have to say that in meeting Madame Zelenska today, I know and I've met on many occasions now
00:46 what she has done to be very much on the front foot in organising centres for people to go to
00:53 when they have suffered harm, to find support and a way forward and people who will care for them.