President Biden discusses support to Ukraine | USA Today

The U.S. has credible reports and photos of individuals killed "execution-style" with their hands bound, including bodies showing signs of torture and accounts of sexual violence against women and girls, according to Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice Beth Van Schaack,

“These images and reports suggest that atrocities are not the result of rogue units or individuals; they, rather, reveal a deeply disturbing pattern of systematic abuse across all areas where Russia’s forces are engaged,” she said at a United Nations meeting Wednesday.

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Investigators and volunteers have also recorded what U.S. officials have described as a "troubling campaign" of brutality against civilians in towns near Kyiv after Russian forces withdrew from the area.

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  1. The only great things in life are genes and the colour of your skin – I read it in a graffiti somewhere in East Europe.

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