A Russian soldier, who has been accused of gang-raping a child during occupation of a village outside Kyiv has been identified by Ukrainian authorities as 20-year-old Bulat Fassakhov.

According to media reports, the accused is suspected of committing multiple war crimes. He is said to be a native of the Russian Republic of Tatarstan.

The crimes he committed have been reportedly carried in the early weeks of the war in March, the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) and the county’s Prosecutor General Irina Venediktova said.

Fassakho, who is serving in the 30th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade, 2nd Guards Combined Army of the Central Military District of the Russian Federation, allegedly entered a home with three comrades in a village in the Brovary district near Ukraine’s capital.

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The group forced the family living there into the street, but ordered the unnamed victim to stay behind.

Fassakhov and his fellow soldiers took turns raping the girl while threatening to kill her, Venediktova wrote on Facebook.

It is also believed that Fassakhov had raped another woman, after he and his alleged accomplices broke into another house.

“Witnesses have identified him and confirmed the facts of crimes committed by him,” SSU said of Fassakhov, who has not been arrested.

Ukrainian authorities released several photos of Fassakhov, wearing his uniform.

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According to SSU, its officials have so far identified 1,140 “Russian invaders who committed atrocities against civilians in Kyiv region.”

It has been alleged that Russian forces have been using rape as “a weapon of war,” as Venediktova said.

Ukrainian and international officials have said there is evidence to suggest that Russian soldiers have been raping women, men and even young children in the occupied territories since the war began.