Breaches of international law are far more common during conflict than they should be - but the war in Ukraine has seen some of the most fragrant abuses in recent history.
Friday marks the one-year anniversary of Vladimir Putin plugging in his war machine and setting it rolling over the border into Ukraine.
In the months that followed, Russia turned on its former brother, doling out vicious cruelty against innocent, defenceless civilians, who face regular aerial bombardments and violence at the hands of Putin's boys.
