Artem Budrin18:32, 16.03.23

However, the organization did reveal a wide range of other Russian war crimes.

The International Commission of Inquiry of the United Nations did not see signs of genocide in Russia’s actions in Ukraine.

“We did not find any genocide on the territory of Ukraine,” said Eric Mese, chairman of this commission of inquiry, in an interview with The Guardian .

However, the investigation team was collecting evidence and found “some aspects that may raise the issue” of the genocide of Ukrainians by Russia.

At the same time, the commission acknowledged that the Russian Federation had committed a wide range of other war crimes. Including deliberate killings, systematic torture and deportation of children.

In particular, more detailed details of torture by the Russian occupiers are given. They applied electric current and hung people from the ceiling in a “parrot pose”.

“The commission called the repeated attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure as potential crimes against humanity, which left hundreds of thousands without heat and electricity in the coldest months,” the report, which was published on March 16, says.

The report was created on the basis of more than 500 interviews, as well as satellite images and visits to places of detention and graves.

In addition to violations by the Russians, violations were also found in the actions of the Ukrainian military. However, they amounted to “an insignificant number” – most of the report focuses on the accusations against Russia, which denies atrocities or targeting of the civilian population in Ukraine.

(C)UNIAN 2023