War Crimes

Ukraine was declared a crime scene yesterday as prosecutors helped recover hundreds of bodies from a mass grave in Bucha.Chief prosecutor Karim Khan QC, the first Briton to lead the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague, said…
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Bucha has come to epitomise the horrifying war crimes perpetrated in Ukraine. The images which emerged from this town around 35 miles north-west of Kyiv at the beginning of this month gave the world its first glimpse of the viciousness…
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Russian troops have allegedly raped a pregnant 16-year-old pregnant girl and a 78-year-old grandmother in a Ukrainian village, a senior military official said, as evidence that Vladimir Putin's men have been committing war crimes mounts.…
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President Vlodymyr Zelensky has said Ukrainians are 'defending the ability of people to live in the modern world' in the war with Russia. Speaking in an in-person interview with CBS 60 Minutes in Kyiv, Zelensky said he was fighting for…
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Pope Francis called out the 'atrocities' and 'ever more horrendous cruelties' by Russian forces in Ukraine as he prayed with child refugees this morning.The pontiff also kissed a ragged Ukrainian flag brought from Bucha, the Kyiv suburb…
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A Russian commander dubbed the 'Butcher of Bucha' after being accused of committing war crimes in Putin's war on Ukraine has been revealed as a veteran soldier blessed by the Orthodox Church late last year who claimed: 'History shows…
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EU leaders plan to place Vladimir Putin's daughters on its latest sanction hit-list as the bloc prepares its latest crackdown on Moscow in the wake of alleged war crimes in Ukraine.Katerina Tikhonova, 35, and Mariya Vorontsova, 36, are…
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Ukrainian officials have warned that the slaughter of hundreds of civilians by Russian troops on the outskirts of Kyiv could just be the 'tip of the iceberg' as more allegations of atrocities emerge.Moscow has been accused of war crimes…
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A visibly emotional Volodymyr Zelensky today stood motionless as he surveyed the scene of utter devastation he encountered in the town of Bucha, with dozens of bodies shot at close range laying on the empty streets.The Ukrainian…
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he wants Russian mothers to see the bodies of civilians slaughtered in Ukraine at the hands of their sons. In a solemn presidential address published on his official Telegram channel last…
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