Review from U.N.-linked security body finds 'clear patterns' of Russian 'war crimes' in Ukraine

Civilians walking in Mariupol.
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The United Nations-partnered security body known as the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe determined Russia broke international humanitarian law and committed war crimes by deliberately targeting civilians — particularly in the decimated city of Mariupol — during its invasion of Ukraine, The Washington Post writes per an OSCE report published Wednesday.

"Taken as a whole, the report documents the catalogue of inhumanity perpetrated by Russia's forces in Ukraine," Michael Carpenter, U.S. ambassador to the OSCE, said Wednesday. "This includes evidence of direct targeting of civilians, attacks on medical facilities, rape, executions, looting, and forced deportation of civilians to Russia."

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Brigid Kennedy

Brigid Kennedy worked at The Week from 2021 to 2023 as a staff writer, junior editor and then story editor, with an interest in U.S. politics, the economy and the music industry.