Evidence of atrocities committed by the Russian army after its retreat from Central Ukraine is shocking. Moscow is trying in vain to deny everything and accuse others of falsifying this evidence.. The massacre in Bucha and other Ukrainian cities cannot be attributed simply to the indiscipline of the war. After a month of deliberate destruction of housing, hospitals and schools, everything points to a systematic campaign of terror against the entire population.. Discovered atrocities remind of the worst vices of World War II.

The Guardian writes about it. The conflict in Ukraine is changing. And if it started as a comprehensive Russian conquest, now it is developing into the strategic exploitation of the Donbass and the strengthening of Russian positions in the Black Sea. The current war is an escalation of what started back in 2014.. Then NATO and the Western world probably did the right thing by keeping aloof. However, how should the world react now that new revelations have become known The suffering of peoples in conflicts far from Europe tends to pale in comparison to the suffering " During the two decades of war in Afghanistan, millions of locals faced hunger. And their agony was not on the news. But that doesn't make the suffering of Ukrainians any less real..

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This week, President Volodymyr Zelensky launched an investigation to gather evidence of Russian war crimes.. They include violations of the Geneva Convention on the Rules of Warfare, genocide and crimes against humanity.. International law expert Philip Sands stressed that the real problem prosecutors will face in dealing with these crimes will be the ability to trace responsibility for them all the way back to Russian authorities.. That is, in the case of Ukraine, evidence will be required that Vladimir Putin personally ordered or allowed to commit all the atrocities. Potentially he can claim he is not responsible for the fog of war or the horrors of combat.. And this will need to be refuted..

The first indictment in the International Court of Justice against a sitting head of state was brought against Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic in 1999.. He was accused of organizing seven massacres. His difficult trial dragged on for six years until he died in prison in 2006.. He was never actually convicted.. Meanwhile, life in Yugoslavia continued.. And the trial of Milosevic has lost its repressive or deterrent effect. This indicates the difficulties that await Zelensky. However, they should not prevent him from seeking justice..

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The brutality of war needs constant publicity. And the West should offer full assistance in this matter.. Another legal route proposed by Sands and others is the tribunal for the crime of aggression itself.. It says here that all actions committed by soldiers are a consequence of the decisions of their commanders, up to the order to launch unprovoked aggression against a foreign state.. Putin cannot jump off this hook. His generals, even the suspiciously disappeared Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, will claim they were following the President's orders.. The Nuremberg Tribunals, the signing of the UN charter and many other international actions tried to ban attacks by one sovereign country against another. They concentrated responsibility at the point of power: democratic or authoritarian. It is about mobilizing law and morality in the service of peace.. Law is better than war.

But this approach, although attractive, is full of many obstacles.. It will take a decision of the UN Security Council, which Russia and, possibly, China will veto. Moreover, when it comes to military aggression, there are few countries left in the UN whose hands are clean..

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other leaders look at photos from Bucha and reflexively agree that something needs to be done.. And the only thing they could think of was “tough sanctions”. While these restrictions were maximally severe due to the size of the Russian economy, they failed to contain Putin.. Polls show that Russians and elites in Moscow are not opposed to the actions of the Russian president. Feelings of siege and cultural ostracism led both to dig into patriotic trenches..

“Putin’s decisions define battles, not sanctions, tanks, not banks.”. If the West wants to help Ukraine, it should send it more weapons..

There is little evidence in history that said that decisions in the midst of war are made on the basis of economic considerations.. Many sanctions cause " Also, do not ignore the most durable weapon - the tribunal of world opinion.. Photos from Bucha were seen by people not only in Europe and the USA, but all over the world. Russia's reputation has been hit hard. The moment will come when the cries of the angry world will pierce even the deceitful machine of Moscow. As for Putin, he secured the status of a pariah for the rest of his life.. His yacht will never drop anchor in the western harbor.

Terrible footage from the de-occupied Bucha, Gostomel and Irpin amazed the whole world and caused natural indignation among the leaders of all civilized countries. In the liberated territories of the Kiev region found mass graves with dead Ukrainians. Bodies shot in the back of the head with their hands tied behind their backs lie on the streets of Irpen, Bucha and other cities, and burnt corpses lie on the roads..

World media and Ukrainian journalists report on the atrocities of Russian soldiers during the almost month of the occupation of the Kiev region, in particular, the rape of minors. Bucha was called the second " The best day that can now come is the punishment of war criminals. Including Russian generals giving orders, soldiers shooting civilians, propagandists and artists who sing and lie in support of the bloody regime. But for this to happen, two conditions must be met.. What kind? Read about this in the article by Inna Vedernikova “Disunity of Russia. Who and how documents the atrocities of the “Russian world” in Bucha”.