UN Reports on Alleged War Crimes By Russian Troops in Ukraine

The United Nations released a new report Wednesday regarding alleged war crimes and violations of international law committed by the Russian military in Ukraine.
The U.N.‘s Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner’s new report detailed more than 100 cases of rape; damage done to about 230 schools, 182 medical facilities, and 72 houses of worship; and slightly fewer than 250 cases of arbitrary detention. The report is based on information from the start of the war to May 15, meaning the last six weeks of the war are not included.
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Ukrainian and Western leaders have repeatedly denounced the actions of the Russian military, which invaded Ukraine toward the end of February, amid documented and publicized attacks on densely populated civilian targets. Russia has frequently denied the validity of the allegations irrespective of the evidence. In many cases, Russian troops’ actions have only been uncovered after they retreated from areas they had been occupying.
The office is aware of 108 allegations of conflict-related sexual violence, roughly 75% of which were of rape. Russian forces or affiliated groups were accused of being the perpetrators in nearly 90 of the cases. The U.N. was able to verify 23 of these accounts, while the details of sexual violence and torture committed paint a horrifying picture.
“Russian troops apprehended a member of a village council in Kherson region twice, in mid-March and early April,” the report says. “The victim was tortured and faced threats of killing and sexual violence against himself and his family members. The perpetrators tried to extract information regarding pro-Ukrainian activists, current and former members of Ukrainian armed forces and their families who remained in the villag …