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Macron Decries Journalist’s Death in Ukraine

French President Emmanuel Macron vowed France will continue to "fight against impunity" after a French journalist was killed by shell shrapnel while covering a Ukrainian evacuation operation. The French national anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office opened an investigation for war crimes. Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff, 32, was killed Monday as he was covering a…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 31, 2022

Ukraine identifies 600 Russian war crime suspects: Prosecutor

Kyiv’s top prosecutor says Ukraine has started prosecuting dozens of Russian war crime suspects.

Al Jazeera · May 31, 2022

Ukrainian court finds two Russian soldiers guilty of war crimes

Captured soldiers sentenced to more than 11 years in jail each for shelling a civilian area in Kharkiv.

Al Jazeera · May 31, 2022

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Ukrainian court sentences two Russian soldiers to jail for war crimes

A Ukrainian court sentenced two captured Russian soldiers to 11 and a half years in jail on Tuesday for shelling a town in eastern Ukraine, the second war crimes verdict since the start of Russia's invasion in February.

Reuters · May 31, 2022

War crimes meeting held at Hague over Russia-Ukraine war

Representatives of a group of nations working together to investigate war crimes in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are meeting in The Hague amid ongoing calls for those responsible for atrocities to be brought to justice

The Independent UK · May 31, 2022

Vladimir Putin will only use tactical nukes if 'Russia's existence in danger', envoy claims

In a rare BBC interview, Russian Ambassador to the UK Andrei Kelin said "I don't" think tactical nukes will be used in the war with Ukraine - and also chillingly claimed evidence of Russian war crimes was 'fabricated'

Daily Mirror · May 29, 2022

Three Russians face Ukrainian war crimes court as Russia takes Mariupol after weeks of fighting

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia has launched 2,275 missiles and 3,000 aerial strikes against Ukraine since the start of the war as the first soldiers from the invading army face court and the demolished port city of Mariupol finally falls.

ABC News · May 27, 2022

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Two Russian soldiers plead guilty in new war crimes trial as Russia calls supplying Ukraine arms 'unacceptable escalation'

As Russians warn supplying arms to Ukraine could lead to an "unacceptable escalation", two captured Russian soldiers plead guilty to shelling a town in eastern Ukraine.

ABC News · May 26, 2022

2 Russian soldiers plead guilty in new war crimes trial in Ukraine

KYIV: Two captured Russian soldiers pleaded guilty on Thursday to shelling a town in eastern Ukraine in the second war crimes trial of the war.

Bangkok Post · May 26, 2022

Two Russian soldiers plead guilty in new war crimes trial in Ukraine

Two captured Russian soldiers pleaded guilty on Thursday to shelling a town in eastern Ukraine in the second war crimes trial of the war.

Reuters · May 26, 2022

Ukraine-Russia latest updates: Moscow slams West for sanctions

Ukraine news from May 26: Moscow presses West to lift sanctions against Russia as it tries to shift food crisis blame.

Al Jazeera · May 25, 2022

Syria says any Turkish incursion amounts to 'war crimes'

Syria's foreign ministry said on Wednesday that it would consider any Turkish military incursions into its territory as "war crimes and crimes against humanity."

Reuters · May 25, 2022

After Russian soldier jailed for life in Ukraine, his victim's widow speaks up

The widow of an unarmed man killed in Ukraine by a Russian soldier jailed for life last week in the first war crimes trial of Russia's invasion has recounted finding her husband's body, a bullet hole in his head.

Reuters · May 25, 2022

Alleged Wagner Group fighters accused of murdering civilians in Ukraine

Belarusian pair are first international mercenaries to face war crimes charges since invasion began

The Guardian - UK · May 25, 2022

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The Guardian - AU · May 24, 2022

Morning mail: power bill update delayed, war crimes, Albanese meets Biden

Wednesday: Australians left in dark about electricity price rises until after election. Plus: Australian-Korean hip-hop crew 1300 shocked by their success

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 24, 2022

Dutch Police Arrest Suspected Syrian Pro-government Militia Member

Dutch police arrested a 34-year-old man suspected of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity as a member of a pro-government, non-Shiite militia in Syria on Tuesday, the public prosecution service said. The man, who was not named, had been living in the Netherlands since 2020 and had applied for…

Reuters · May 24, 2022

Dutch police arrest suspected Syrian pro-government militia member

Dutch police arrested a 34-year-old man suspected of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity as a member of a pro-government, non-Shi'ite militia in Syria on Tuesday, the public prosecution service said.

The Guardian - AU · May 24, 2022

Battles being fought in eastern Ukraine could determine the country’s fate, Ukraine’s defence ministry spokesperson says – as it happened

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The Guardian - UK · May 24, 2022

Ukraine destruction: how the Guardian documented Russia’s use of illegal weapons

Cluster bombs, fléchettes and unguided missiles on residential areas: as prosecutors investigate alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine, our reporters reveal the evidence they discovered on the ground

The Guardian - UK · May 24, 2022

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 90 of the invasion

A veteran Russian diplomat has resigned over his country’s invasion of Ukraine as a Kyiv court sentences a Russian soldier to life in prison

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 23, 2022

Russian Sentenced to Life in Ukraine’s 1st War Crimes Trial

A captured Russian soldier who pleaded guilty to killing a Ukrainian civilian was sentenced Monday to life in prison - the maximum - in the first war crimes trial since Moscow invaded Ukraine three months ago. Meanwhile, in a rare public expression of opposition to the war from the ranks…

Reuters · May 23, 2022

Ukraine says 13,000 alleged Russian war crimes being probed

Ukraine Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova said there were about 13,000 cases of Russian alleged war crimes being probed as of Monday.

WEKU · May 23, 2022

A Russian soldier is sentenced to life in prison in Ukraine's first war crimes trial

Vadim Shishimarin, 21, had pleaded guilty last week to shooting an unarmed Ukrainian man in late February. On Monday, a panel of judges in Kyiv sentenced him to life in prison.

Manchester Evening News · May 23, 2022

Ukraine war: Russian soldier sentenced to life in prison for war crimes

Sgt Vadim Shishimarin has become the first Russian soldier in the conflict to be tried for war crimes after he shot a Ukrainian civilian in the head in the north-eastern Sumy region

The Conversation · May 23, 2022

War crimes trial of Russian soldier was perfectly legal – but that doesn't make it wise

The war crimes trial of a Russian soldier in Ukraine – which concluded on May 23, 2022 with a conviction and life sentence for the defendant – was permissible under international law. And with the eyes of the world on them, Ukrainian authorities would have wanted the proceedings to be…

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