Here are three recent articles that delve into the complex question of what constitutes war crimes – and why Russia's president Vladimir Putin is unlikely to face any real, imminent consequences.
Inglis writesRussia has a long history of committing war crimes, Inglis says — chiefly, direct attacks on civilians during the Syrian war, as well as during conflicts in Georgia and Crimea.
“Has Russia carried out genocidal acts? Russia has targeted and killed civilians and reportedly forcibly deported hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians, including children, to Russia. It has bombed a maternity hospital,” Hinton writes.
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