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Russia has committed war crimes in Ukraine, say UN investigators

A group of UN experts investigating human rights violations in Ukraine said on Friday that they had turned up evidence of war crimes.

Ukraine

Tears of relief and grief: photographs from liberated towns in Ukraine

A selection of photographs from the Ukrainian towns liberated from Russian occupation.

Ukraine

Nearly all bodies at Izium mass graves show 'signs of violent deaths'

Investigators say some of the people buried in the mass graves were shot. Others died from artillery fire, mines or airstrikes. Many of the bodies have not been identified yet, according to the authorities.

Serbia

Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladić 'in poor health', says his son

The former general has been held in prison in The Hague after being captured in Serbia in 2011 after years on the run.

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Ukraine

Zelenskyy condemns 'deliberate Russian war crime' after POW bombing

Friday's attack on a barracks housing Ukrainian prisoners of war left at least 50 people dead - while Russia's Embassy in London gets a Twitter warning for 'executions' call.

Ukraine

Russia preparing for next stage of offensive in Ukraine, Kyiv says

The Kremlin has increased its bombardment across the country, killing at least 40 civilians over the last three days, according to authorities.

United Kingdom

France donates mobile DNA lab to help Ukraine war crimes investigators

The French mobile laboratory has previously been deployed at the site of the Germanwings crash in the Alps in 2015.

Ukraine

Rescuers search for Vinnytsia survivors after deadly missile attack

At least 18 people were still missing on Friday after the Kalibr missile strike on the central Ukrainian city that killed more than 20 civilians the day before.

Europe News

ICC pledges stronger cooperation on prosecuting war crimes in Ukraine

The Ukraine Accountability Conference was held in The Hague in the Netherlands, with the aim of ensuring that atrocities committed in Ukraine do not go unpunished.

Sweden

Iranian man given life sentence in Sweden for 1988 mass executions

The former Iranian prison official was tried in Stockholm under the principle of universal jurisdiction.

Netherlands

Zelenskyy calls for new tribunal at The Hague over Russian war crimes

Political, diplomatic and judicial leaders from around 40 nations gathered in The Hague on Thursday for a conference on accountability for crimes committed in Ukraine since the Russian invasion.

My Europe Series

'I was praying we would die quickly', Mariupol survivor says

The Lemkin Centre, named after the Polish scientist who coined the term genocide, hopes the gathered testimonies will be used in future war crimes court cases.

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Search for survivors under Ukraine building debris

Russian shelling in east Ukraine kills at least 15

Europe News

Treat Syrian refugees the same as Ukrainians, says UN commission chair

More than 300,000 Syrian civilians have died in the last ten years of war in the Middle Eastern country.

Georgia

ICC demands three to be arrested for war crimes in 2008 Georgia war

The suspects are all accused of committing war crimes in the Russian-backed self-declared republic of South Ossetia.

Ukraine

Putin will be held responsible for shopping centre 'war crime', say G7

There's been worldwide condemnation of Russia's missile strike on a crowded shopping centre in the central city of Kremenchuk, causing many civilian casualties.

Ukraine

Belarus holding military drills on border with traumatised northern Ukraine

As Belarusian forces assemble near the border, a Belgian volunteer told Euronews what they saw over three weeks in besieged Chernihiv.

Ukraine

War crimes investigators meet in The Hague over Russia-Ukraine war

Officials from Ukraine, Lithuania and Poland will discuss early findings with the International Criminal Court's lead prosecutor as thousands of potential war crimes cases are being pursued in Ukraine.

Libya

UN report: Libya faces serious threat from foreign fighters, Wagner

A report made by UN experts cites numerous groups, including Russia's Wagner mercenaries, as being behind many international law violations in a country that turned volatile after the death of dictator Moammar Gaddafi.

Euronews Witness

Ukraine war: Survivors describe Russian army atrocities

Following the retreat of Russian forces from near the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, Euronews' Valerie Gauriat travels to the region to look into the alleged war crimes by Russian troops against the civilian population.