“A court in Ukraine has jailed a Russian tank commander for life for killing a civilian at the first war crimes trial since the conflict began. Ukraine says it has identified more than 21,000 possible war crimes, The International Criminal Court has also sent a team of investigators and forensics experts to the country - but the Russian government denies it has been targeting civilians. What is a war crime? It may not seem like it, but ’even war has rules’, as the International Committee of the Red Cross puts it. These are contained in treaties called the Geneva Conventions and a string of other international laws and agreements. Civilians cannot be deliberately attacked - nor can the infrastructure that is vital to their survival....”
Military situation as of 14 July 2022
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