'The cases we documented amount to unspeakable, deliberate cruelty and violence against Ukrainian civilians.'
multiple instances of Russian forces violating the laws of war in its ongoing invasion of Ukraine including by raping and executing citizens.
"Rape, murder, and other violent acts against people in the Russian forces' custody should be investigated as war crimes," he said. HRW's report is based on photographic evidence and interviews with residents, victims, and witnesses to alleged crimes that took place February 27-March 14. In a separate incident, in the village of Staryi Bykiv in the Chernihiv region, Russian soldiers went door to door and took six men from three families, according to witnesses. The soldiers shot the men dead.
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