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Russia Committed War Crimes in Ukraine by Attacking Its Energy Grid, UN-Backed Inquiry Says

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The electricity cuts have left millions of civilians suffering in frigid winter darkness.

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  1. Local News 8

    UN panel: Russia is committing crimes against humanity by targeting civilians in Ukraine (opens Local News 8)

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    By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Russia is committing war crimes and crimes against humanity by intentionally attacking civilian infrastructure – including vital energy systems – in Ukraine, an independent UN investigations panel said on Monday.

  2. Military.com

    Russia Committed War Crimes in Ukraine by Attacking Its Energy Grid, UN-Backed Inquiry Says (opens Military.com)

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    The electricity cuts have left millions of civilians suffering in frigid winter darkness.

  3. The Kyiv Independent

    Russia's assault on Ukraine's energy grid is a war crime, UN says (opens The Kyiv Independent)

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    Russia’s attacks on energy infrastructure, which weaponize winter to inflict suffering, amount to war crimes, a UN inquiry has found.

  4. Euromaidan Press

    UN commission finds Russia’s grid strikes are crimes against humanity, citing last winter at minus 21°C. Now they’re intensifying (opens Euromaidan Press)

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    The commission concluded the strikes followed a state policy to deprive civilians of power and cause suffering, and noted that Russian authorities had openly announced further attacks and referred to a plan to carry them out.

  5. Euromaidan Press

    Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1707: UN commission finds Russia’s strikes on Ukraine’s power grid are crimes against humanity (opens Euromaidan Press)

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    Russian missiles hit a Kyiv university campus and the Southern Bridge in two overnight waves and the ceasefire around occupied Oleshky began earlier than planned.

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