There is “mounting evidence” that Russian forces have committed “systemic war crimes' in every region 'where Russia’s forces have been deployed' in Ukraine, Beth Van Schaack, U.S. ambassador-at-large for global criminal justice, told reporters on Monday.
There is “mounting evidence” that Russian forces have committed “systemic war crimes" in every region"where Russia’s forces have been deployed" in Ukraine, Beth Van Schaack, U.S. ambassador-at-large for global criminal justice, told reporters on Monday.
Russia most recently withdrew from the Kherson region in the south, a strategic city it had occupied since the early days of the war. Ukrainian officials are still uncovering the apparent war crimes committed by Russian forces during their occupation.Denys Monastyrsky, Ukraine’s interior minister, said last week that investigators had discovered more than 60 bodies that showed signs of torture, though he noted the number will almost definitely continue to rise.
“We have reports of citizens being killed execution-style, with their hands bound,” Van Schaack said. “We have bodies that show signs of torture. We have horrific accounts of gender-based violence, including sexual violence against women and children. Ukraine’s Office of the Prosecutor General has already identified thousands of incidents that may constitute war crimes. And all of this is without yet knowing what is unfolding in areas that are still under Russia’s occupation or control.
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