Explainer – Ukraine: When do attacks on civilian installations amount to war crimes?
The Hague, The NetherlandsReuters Russian air strikes this week hit silos and shipping terminals for Ukrainian grain, potentially violating international law, which forbids attacks on resources essential to the civilian population. Drone attacks wrecked buildings in the port of Izmail and prevented ships on the Danube River from loading grain for export. Around 100,000 metric […]
Torture, sexual violence commonly used by Russian forces in Ukraine, say experts
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsReuters A large number of prisoners held in makeshift detention centres in Russian-occupied southern Ukraine were tortured and sexually violated, a team of international experts said on Wednesday in a summary of their latest findings. The Mobile Justice Team, established by the international humanitarian law firm Global Rights Compliance, has worked with Ukrainian […]
“Highly likely” Russia behind Ukraine dam collapse – international experts
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsReuters It is “highly likely” that the collapse of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine was caused by explosives planted by Russians, a team of legal experts assisting Ukraine’s prosecutors in their investigation said in preliminary findings released on Friday. Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused Ukraine of destroying the Kakhovka dam as […]
Torture chambers in Ukraine’s Kherson “financed by Russian state” – investigators
The Hague, The NetherlandsReuters A network of at least 20 torture chambers in the recently liberated southern Ukrainian region of Kherson was “planned and directly financed by the Russian State”, war crimes investigators said on Thursday, citing new evidence. The Mobile Justice Team, funded by Britain, the EU and the United States, has been working […]