Ukrainian grave sites prompt calls for tribunal over Russian killings
In his regular address on Saturday evening, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said investigators had discovered new evidence of torture used against the people buried in Izyum, in Kharkiv region.
Russia claims it is fighting to de-Nazify Ukraine, in a conflict it still refers to as a "special military operation" rather than a war.Media caption,The discovery of the burial sites came as Ukrainian troops continue their counter-offensive in the country's north-east, after successfully recapturing territory from Russia in recent days.
But Mr Putin is failing "on all his military and strategic objectives" in Ukraine, UK Chief of the Defence Staff Admiral Sir Tony Radakin told the BBC on Sunday.
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