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Amy Lieberman, Politics + Society Editor, The Conversation

What are war crimes? 3 essential reads on atrocities in Ukraine and the likelihood of prosecuting Putin

Bodies lie on the ground after a strike in Bucha, a suburb on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, April 4, 2022. AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd

Russian troops retreated from Kyiv and the nearby town of Bucha in early April 2022, and new horrors of their occupation were revealed.

Ukrainian forces found the bodies of at least 410 civilians – among them people who were killed with their hands and feet tied behind their backs and shot in the head. Reportedly there were bodies of women who had been raped and burned, and bodies of children who were also not spared.

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