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HRW documents ‘apparent war crimes’ by Russian forces in Ukraine

Men walk in a street destroyed by shelling in Chernihiv, Ukraine [File: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo]

A leading human rights watchdog has accused Russian troops of carrying out summary executions, torture and other grave abuses in two regions of Ukraine, as it published a report documenting further cases of “apparent war crimes” by the invading forces.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) in its report published on Wednesday documented 22 apparent summary executions, nine other unlawful killings, six possible enforced disappearances and seven cases of torture from late February through March.

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