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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Lorenzo Tondo

Russia has committed war crimes in Ukraine, say UN investigators

Members of an international team of war crimes prosecutors visit a mass grave in Bucha, Ukraine
Members of an international team of war crimes prosecutors visit a mass grave in Bucha, Ukraine, in April. Investigators found mass graves in the city, where the bodies of civilians, tortured and murdered, had been buried. Photograph: Oleg Petrasyuk/EPA

The United Nations has said its investigators have concluded that Russia committed war crimes in Ukraine, including bombings of civilian areas, numerous executions, torture and horrific sexual violence.

The UN has made the investigation of human rights violations in the war a priority and in May its top human rights body mandated a team of experts to begin work in the country.

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