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Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the Russian military and authorities have committed war crimes, such as deliberate attacks against civilian targets (including strikes on hospitals and on the energy grid); indiscriminate attacks on densely-populated areas (including with cluster bombs); abduction, torture and murder of civilians; forced deportations; sexual ...
Russian war crimes. Residential building in Dnipro, Ukraine, after a Russian missile attack on 14 January 2023. Russian war crimes are violations of international criminal law including war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of genocide [1] which the official armed and paramilitary forces of Russia have been accused of committing ...
Russian invasion of Ukraine Part of the Russo-Ukrainian War (outline) Map of Ukraine as of 14 May 2024 (details): Continuously controlled by Ukraine Occupied by Russia Regained from Russia Date 24 February 2022 – present (2 years, 2 months, 3 weeks and 2 days) Location Ukraine, Russia, Black Sea Status Ongoing (list of engagements · territorial control · timeline of events) Belligerents ...
Ukraine has identified 511 people suspected of war crimes since Russia's Feb. 2022 invasion and has already handed down 81 convictions, its prosecutor general said in Kyiv on Thursday. Andriy ...
The International Criminal Court investigation in Ukraine or the Situation in Ukraine is an ongoing investigation by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) into "any past and present allegations of war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide committed on any part of the territory of Ukraine by any person" during the period starting "from 21 November 2013 onwards", on an ...
In early March, an investigation began into the commission of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Ukraine. [11] [10] An August 2022 Cluster Munition Coalition report noted that Russia has used cluster munitions extensively during conflict, inflicting hundreds of civilian casualties and damaging civilian infrastructure.
Olenivka prison massacre. On 29 July 2022, a Russian-operated prison in Molodizhne near Olenivka, Donetsk Oblast, was destroyed, killing 53 Ukrainian prisoners of war and leaving 75 wounded. [39] The prisoners were mainly soldiers from the Azovstal complex, the last Ukrainian stronghold in the siege of Mariupol.
On 19 January 2023, the European Parliament called for the creation of an international tribunal to carry out investigations and prosecutions for Russian and Belarusian responsibility for the crime of aggression, complementary to the International Criminal Court investigation in Ukraine. The vote passed with 472 votes in favour, 19 against and ...