Russia faced mounting accusations of war crimes in Ukraine Friday including forcing thousands of people into interrogation camps, as the number of refugees reported to have fled the conflict surpassed 6 million. | AFP
The two men appeared unarmed — the footage showed the soldiers frisking them before allowing them to walk away at a business premises on the outskirts of the capital Kyiv.The killings took place on March 16 and are being investigated as a war crime, CNN said. AFP has not independently verified the footage.
The UN Human Rights Council voted 33-2 on Thursday to investigate alleged atrocities by Russian troops in Ukraine.‘Brutal interrogations’ Fighting in Ukraine has been concentrated in the south and east since Russia abandoned attempts to seize the capital. In the southern port city of Mariupol, troops at the Azovstal steelworks have been holding out against Russian bombardment for weeks, refusing demands to surrender.
“As a member of NATO, Finland would strengthen the entire defence alliance,” President Sauli Niinisto and Prime Minister Sanna Marin said in a joint statement. NATO has already declared it will warmly embrace Finland and Sweden, two countries with deep pockets and well-equipped militaries.