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On April 15, 2022, the Associated Press and FRONTLINE PBS televised a report on Ukraine's Prosecutor General, Iryna Venediktova, who is heading the legal battle to make Vladimir Putin and his forces pay for the atrocities committed in her country.
Warning: This report contains distressing images
On April 14, 2022, BBC News (Britain) televised a report on Joe Biden's claim that Russia's actions in Ukraine were genocide.
On January 5, 2022, The Guardian televised an interview with prime minister Scott Morrison in which he stated that no special exemptions would be provided for Novak Djokovic.
On April 14, 2022, ABC News televised the results of an investigation demonstrating that many of Russia's claims that the crimes of which it was accused were 'faked' were inaccurate and supported by fabricated evidence.
On April 13, 2022, CNN televised a report on French and Ukrainian investigators discovering the bodies of 'thousands' of civilians while footage is shown of Russia's president Putin claiming this is a 'special operation' against 'Ukrainian Nazis'.
On April 9, 2022, CBC News (produced by the Canadian public broadcasting service) televised a segment examining the grounds on which Putin could be charged with war crimes and the difficulties in gaining a conviction.
On April 7, 2022, DW News (Germany) televised a report on Germany's foreign intelligence agency, the BND, intercepting radio transmissions from Russian military officers in which the killing of civilians in Bucha was discussed.
On April 5, 2022, USA Today televised a report detailing the deliberate killing of civilians of Bucha (a suburb of Kyiv). . The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, declared what had occurred genocide and the US president, Joe Biden, restated his belief that Putin had committed war crimes.
Warning: This report contains some graphic images.
On March 29, 2022, The Washington Post televised a report on The International Criminal Court announcing an investigation into possible war crimes during the war in Ukraine. Experts explain what constitutes a war crime and how the legal process works.
On March 17, 2022, MSNBC televised commentary on President Biden's response to a reporter's question, confirming his belief that Putin is a war criminal.
On March 13, 2022, CRUX televised a report on Ukraine's allegations of war crimes against Russia and its president Vladimir Putin. The report details the definition of war crimes, how they can be prosecuted, the limitations of these prosecutions and how this pertains in the current circumstances.
Crux is a daily news video series, which provides in-depth analysis on news developments from around the world.
On March 12, 2022, TRT World televised a report on what constitutes a war crime, the history of war crimes since World War II and how they are tried.
On March 3, 2022, ABC News televised an interview with international human rights lawyer, Geoffrey Robertson, in which he explained the basis on which he believes Putin is guilty of war crimes.
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On April 14, 2022, ABC News published a report titled 'Putin's propaganda playbook shows how an army of fake fact-checkers is sowing doubt and confusion in Ukraine' which details Russia's campaign of misinformation regarding the war in Ukraine.
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On April 13, 2022, ABC News published a report by Catherine Taylor titled 'How to catch a war criminal: Investigators are building a case against Putin in Ukraine's killing fields.' The report details they various obstacles that need to be overcome in order to establish the case that war crimes have been committed.
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On April 13, 2022, The Washington Post published a report by Adela Suliman, Bryan Pietsch and Claire Parker titled 'Russia's attacks on civilians in Mariupol are "war crimes," OSCE says'. The report details the findings of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), after investigating alleged abuses of Ukrainians by Russian troops between from February 24 and April 1, 2022.
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On April 11, 2022, The Jacobin Magazine published an opinion piece by Branko Marcetic titled 'Holding Putin Accountable Would Require an Actual Rules-Based World Order'. The comment argues against the inconsistent manner in which the international rule of law has been applied and argues that a wider reform is necessary if violators such as Vladimir Putin are to be brought to justice.
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On April 8, 2022, The Washington Post published a report by Louisa Loveluck and Serhiy Morgunov titled 'In Bucha, the story of one man's body left on a Russian killing field' which details the work of a team of Washington Post investigative reports examining the evidence of atrocities committed by Russian forces in Bucha.
Warning: the material in this report is graphic and distressing.
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On April 8, 2022, Deutsche Welle (DW) Germany's state-owned international broadcaster published a report titled 'How Russia could get away with attacks on Ukraine hospitals.' The report details the range of circumstances that make it difficult to prove that Russian forces attacked hospitals in violation of international law.
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On April 7, 2022, BBC News published a report by Jeremy Bowen titled 'Ukraine War: "Russian soldiers held us as human shields"' which details firsthand accounts from Ukraine citizens of being taken hostage by Russian soldiers to be used a human shields.
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On April 5, 2022, BBC News published a report by legal correspondent Dominic Casciani, titled 'What is a war crime, and could Putin be prosecuted over Ukraine?' which detailed many of the Russian actions condemned as 'war crimes' or 'crimes against humanity'.
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On April 5, 2022, news.com.au published a report titled 'Ukraine leader breaks down as satellite images reveal truth about what happened in Bucha' which details the apparent atrocities revealed after Russian troops withdrew from Bucha and the distressed reaction of the Ukrainian president.
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On March 25, 2022, the Turkish newspaper The Daily Sabah published a comment and analysis by Bukra Goktas titled 'Behind the rhetoric: Putin's justification'. The article gives a detailed analysis of Russia's violations of international law and ties them to President Putin's justifications for his actions, relating these directly to the relevant articles of the United Nations Charter.
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On March 16, 2022, The New Atlanticist published a comment by Gissou Nia and Jomana Qaddour titled 'Punish Putin for past and present crimes'. The authors of this opinion piece state that had Putin been held internationally accountable for his earlier acts of aggression he may not have invaded Ukraine.
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On March 10, 2022, the Polar Research and Policy Initiative published a comment by Professor Rachael Johnston titled 'Ukraine: why this war is different'. Professor Johnston argues that Russia's attack on Ukraine is such a flagrant instance of territorial aggression undertaken by a nuclear superpower that the world cannot afford not to attempt to bring its perpetrators to justice.
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On March 8, 2022, The Intercept published a comment by Jeremy Scahill titled 'Putin's Criminal Invasion of Ukraine Highlights Some Ugly Truths About U.S. and NATO'. This opinion piece outlines some of the war crimes alleged against the United States and other NATO powers and suggests that these undermine the moral authority of these states to call for charges to be laid against Russia and Vladimir Putin.
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On March 8, 2022, the South African newspaper, Daily Maverick, published a comment by Rebecca Davis titled 'Untangling the narrative web surrounding South Africa's stance on the Russia-Ukraine conflict'. The opinion piece examines the possible reasons for South Africa's neutral stance on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, including the allegation that the position of the United States and NATO is hypocritical.
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On March 3, 2022, ABC News published a report titled 'Inside Donetsk, the separatist republic that triggered the war in Ukraine'. The report gives interviews with several Donbas separatists who see themselves as living in an independent state under attack by Ukraine. It also details some of Ukraine's historical and current connections with Nazism.
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On March 2, 2022, The Conversation published a comment and analysis by Ben Saul, Professor of International Law, Sydney Centre for International Law at the University of Sydney, titled 'Civilians are being killed in Ukraine. So, why is investigating war crimes so difficult?' The article analyses the various factors, physical, political, and legal, which make investigating war crimes difficult.
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On February 26, 2022, The Washington Post published a report by Isabelle Khurshudyan, Siobhán O'Grady and Loveday Morris titled '"Weapons to anyone": Across Ukraine, militias form as Russian forces near' which details the formation of Ukrainian citizen militias in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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On February 25, 2022, The Guardian published a report titled 'Ukraine fighting to stop "a new iron curtain" after Russian invasion' which gives details of Ukraine's early resistance to Russian invasion.
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On February 24, 2022, The New Yorker published a comment by Evan Osnos titled, 'What Is China Learning from Russia's Invasion of Ukraine?' in which he warns that lukewarm response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine could encourage China to attempt to take over Taiwan.
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