Etiqueta: War Crimes
Trump administration’s freeze of foreign assets
The Trump administration’s freeze of foreign funding has begun impacting an international effort to hold Russia responsible for alleged war crimes in Ukraine, according to numerous sources and a Ukrainian document seen by Reuters, halting dozens of jobs and tens of millions of dollars in aid. Ukraine has opened more than 140,000 war crime cases since Moscow’s full-scale invasion, which has killed tens of thousands, ravaged vast swathes of the country and left behind mental and physical scars from occupation. US-funded international initiatives such as the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group for Ukraine (ACA) have provided expertise and oversight to...
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Russians likely shot six more prisoners – Lubinets
Yet another video of Russian executions of unarmed Ukrainian POWs is circulating online. 6 executions are shown in the Russian-shot video. The recording cuts off at the 7th soldier, his fate unknown.
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Russians Threaten Final-Year Students with Fines for Failing to Appear at Military Commissariats
In the temporarily occupied territories, Russian forces continue conscription efforts, targeting final-year students with fines of up to 200,000 rubles or threats of 2 years of forced labor for refusing service. Such actions violate international law, which prohibits the conscription or recruitment of residents from occupied areas into the occupying military.
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Russian army used chemical weapons 323 times in October, Ukraine’s General Staff says
Russian forces used chemical weapons on the battlefield 323 times in October, Ukraine’s General Staff reported. Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, radiation, chemical, and biological intelligence units have been recording the use of hazardous chemicals on the battlefield. Since February 2022, 4,613 cases have been recorded. Russia’s use of chemical munitions “flagrantly violates the rules of warfare, ignores the norms and obligations under the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling, and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction,” the General Staff said.
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Near Selidove, Russian military shot two captured Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers – investigation launched
The Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor’s Office has initiated a criminal investigation into the killings of two unarmed Ukrainian POWs by the Russian Armed Forces. The executions were said to have happened near the city of Selidove in the Donetsk Oblast. The two Ukrainian soldiers were believed to have been placed face down with their feet pressed to the ground before being shot at close range by automatic weapons.
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Russian shelling of Ukrainian hospitals: about 1,900 medical facilities were damaged and completely destroyed
Russian forces have damaged 1,663 and destroyed 222 Ukrainian medical facilities since February 2022.
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Ukraine’s parliament ratifies ICC’s Rome Statute
Ukraine’s parliament ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). It will come into force 60 days after being received by the UN Secretary-General. The ratification was adopted with a caveat that Ukraine would not recognise the court’s jurisdiction over Ukrainian citizens in the case of war crimes for 7 years following its official adoption.
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