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The UN says Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy-related infrastructure and use of torture "may amount to crimes against humanity".

The report is based on more than 500 interviews as well as satellite images and visits to detention sites and graves

BUCHA, Ukraine — The shops are full again. Bullet holes have been plastered over, and roadbeds torn by tank treads repaired. The dead now rest in lovingly tended graves.

The International Criminal Court is set to issue its first arrest warrants connected to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It will open two war crimes cases for Russians allegedly responsible for carrying out mass abductions of Ukrainian children and destroying infrastructure, according to Ukrainian officials quoted in March 2023 media reports.

Washington should not engage with the country’s government unless it pursues accountability for war crimes.

International criminal court prosecutor is said to be preparing to formally open two war crimes cases

The prosecutor at the International Criminal Court opened an investigation into possible war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in Ukraine a year ago

Two war crimes cases to be opened over abduction of Ukrainian children and targeting of civilian infrastructure

"Basically, we want others punished, but not ourselves," reporter says

In Ukraine, the justice system is now documenting potential war crimes committed by Russian forces, with the hope of one day seeing the perpetrators face justice. Like in all conflicts, women are the main victims of rape committed by the Russian occupiers, although many men have also suffered genital torture.…

I still vividly remember the moment when Lola told me her wartime rapist was not in jail. I had phoned Lola, a Bosnian woman raped during the 1992 war, to discuss how all the challenges she’d faced during the trial had paid off.