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Experts urge accountability for Russian war crimes in Ukraine

The report's alleged war crimes in Ukraine include killings, torture, rape, kidnapped children and attacks on civilians.

A U.N. report adds to the evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine
A U.N. report adds to the evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine (AN/Karollyne Hubert/Unsplash)

GENEVA (AN) — Russian authorities committed war crimes and possible crimes against humanity in Ukraine, an independent panel of human rights experts reported.

The war crimes include killings, torture and illegal confinement, rape and other sexual violence, kidnapped children, and attacks on civilians and energy-related infrastructure, according to a U.N. commission of inquiry's report on Thursday.

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