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Ukrainian women are reporting rape by Russian soldiers but is it a war crime, a crime against humanity or even genocide?

Across Ukraine, accounts of rape by Russian soldiers are growing. It is the 'most hidden' war crime and as the first rape case of the war begins in a Ukrainian court, human rights lawyers are working out how victims like Olha can get justice, and even if Vladimir Putin himself…

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Mariupol theater bombing was a clear war crime, Amnesty International says

Hundreds of civilians were sheltering in the drama theater during the March siege of Mariupol, the southern Ukrainian port city that Russian troops destroyed and now occupy.

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Russians behind 'War Crime' Bombing of Mariupol Theater, Says Amnesty

A theater sheltering civilians destroyed in March in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol was likely hit by a Russian airstrike in a war crime, Amnesty International said in a report published Thursday. "Until now, we were speaking about an alleged war crime.

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Deadly airstrike on Mariupol theatre a ‘clear war crime’, Amnesty inquiry finds

Organisation concluded Russian military knew hundreds of civilians were sheltering inside but dropped bombs anyway

The Independent UK

Ukraine Mourns Shopping Mall Attack Victims, War Crimes Team on the Scene

War crimes investigators on Tuesday inspected the charred remains of a shopping mall devastated by a Russian missile strike as Ukraine mourned the victims of what the Ukrainian prosecutor general called "crimes against humanity". A day after the attack in which at least 18 people were killed, the city of…

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Ukraine mourns shopping mall attack victims, war crimes team on the scene

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Ukraine: Putin’s attack on Kremenchuk shopping centre a ‘war crime’, world leaders say

Boris Johnson and fellow G7 leaders will have a final day of meetings at Schloss Elmau in Germany

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G7, UN condemn ‘deplorable’ Russian attack on Kremenchuk mall

G7 denounces ‘war crime’ after a Russian missile attack on a crowded Ukrainian shopping mall kills at least 18 people.

Al Jazeera

G7 summit draws to close with condemnation of Putin’s ‘war crime’ mall massacre

Boris Johnson and fellow G7 leaders will have a final day of meetings at Schloss Elmau in Germany.

The Independent UK

Garland vows to help Ukraine prosecute war crimes during unannounced visit

"The United States is sending an unmistakable message: There is no place to hide," Garland said.

Axios

Starving civilians is an ancient military tactic, but today it's a war crime in Ukraine, Yemen, Tigray and elsewhere

A hideous contradiction is playing out in war-torn Ukraine. Thousands of Ukrainians are starving in cities besieged by Russian forces. Meanwhile, the country’s grain stores are bursting with food, and the government is begging for international assistance to export Ukrainian grain to world markets.

The Conversation

Inside Ukraine’s war crimes investigations

As families confront the horror of loved ones killed by Russian forces, investigators grapple with thousands of cases.

Al Jazeera

ICC prosecutor aims to show war criminals can't escape justice

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said on Thursday he hoped his war crimes investigation in Ukraine would show there can be no escape from justice during conflicts.

Reuters

'Show' trial of foreign fighters in Donetsk breaks with international law – and could itself be a war crime

The sentencing to death of three foreign fighters captured by Russian troops and handed over to authorities in a breakaway region in Ukraine presents a serious deviation from international law – one that in itself represents a war crime.

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Amnesty says Russia guilty of war crimes in Kharkiv shelling

Russia's relentless shelling of the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv with cluster munitions and scatterable land mines amounts to a war crime that indiscriminately killed hundreds of civilians, Amnesty International said on Monday.

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Ukraine war: Amnesty accuses Russia of ‘war crimes’ in Kharkiv

Amnesty International accuses Moscow of dropping banned cluster bombs on Ukrainian city, killing hundreds of civilians.

Daily Mirror

Royal Marines head brands soldier a war criminal for killing wounded Taliban gunman

Sgt Alexander Blackman's actions were labelled as 'shocking and appalling' after he killed a wounded Taliban gunman during a trip to Afghanistan. Lt Gen Rob Magowan said it was 'a war crime'

Daily Mirror

Ex-UK army comrade of Brit sentenced to death brands 'disgraceful' judgement a war crime

Aiden Aslin, 28, and British Army veteran Shaun Pinner, 48, have been sentenced to death and could face a firing squad after a sham trial in pro-Russian Donetsk

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Trudy Rubin: Putin’s new war crime: Starving world’s poor by blocking Ukraine’s grain exports

You may think you’ve seen every horror in Russia’s kit of war crimes against Ukraine (short of weapons of mass destruction).

Al Jazeera

Exhuming Ukraine’s dead for war crimes investigations

As Kyiv district authorities investigate possible war crimes perpetrated by Russian troops, volunteers exhume bodies.

Reuters

Exclusive-Ukraine investigates deportation of children to Russia as possible genocide

Prosecutors investigating war crimes cases in Ukraine are examining allegations of the forcible deportation of children to Russia since the invasion as they seek to build a genocide indictment, the country’s top prosecutor said in an interview.

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US to give Ukraine new advanced rocket systems as Russia makes further gains in Sievierodonetsk

US President Joe Biden agrees to provide Ukraine with advanced rocket systems that can strike with precision at long-range Russian targets as part of a new weapons package.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine identifies 600 Russian war crime suspects: Prosecutor

Kyiv’s top prosecutor says Ukraine has started prosecuting dozens of Russian war crime suspects.

Reuters

Ukraine has identified 600 Russian war crime suspects - prosecutor

Ukraine has identified more than 600 Russian war crime suspects and has started prosecuting around 80 of them, Kyiv's top prosecutor said on Tuesday.

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Three Russians face Ukrainian war crimes court as Russia takes Mariupol after weeks of fighting

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia has launched 2,275 missiles and 3,000 aerial strikes against Ukraine since the start of the war as the first soldiers from the invading army face court and the demolished port city of Mariupol finally falls.

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