Atrocious 'Torture, Execution, Sexual Assault'... War Crimes Committed by Russian Troops Report

OSCE Releases Investigation Report on Russian Military War Crimes
Mass Graves Found in Bucha, Ukraine with Ears Cut Off and Teeth Pulled

An open space in the residential area of Bucha, Ukraine, turned into a temporary cemetery. Photo by EPA, Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Kim Se-eun] It has been reconfirmed through an investigation by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) that Russian forces committed various war crimes in Ukraine.

According to CNN on the 15th (local time), the OSCE released an investigative report on war crimes collected throughout Ukraine.

The report contains evidence related to widespread and systematic war crimes in Ukraine, including the murder of civilians, sexual violence, abuse of prisoners of war, abductions, and large-scale civilian transfers.

The investigation team visited cities near Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, such as Bucha and Irpin, to trace allegations of war crimes committed by Russian forces. As a result, cases violating the Geneva Conventions and international humanitarian law were confirmed.

More than 1.3 million Ukrainian residents were transferred to Russia against their will, and tens of thousands were detained in so-called "filtering camps" to verify their political views before being moved to the Russian-occupied eastern regions of Ukraine.

In particular, a large number of civilian bodies showing signs of torture or execution-style killings were found in Bucha. The report stated that Russian forces deliberately committed murders targeting civilians.

In a room of a building in Bucha that was used for students' summer camps, bodies with stab wounds or signs of beatings were found. These rooms are presumed to have been operated as so-called "torture rooms." Some showed evidence of waterboarding.

Bullet holes were also found on the walls of some rooms. The investigation team presumed that these rooms were used as places for arbitrary summary executions.

Furthermore, 18 bodies were found in a mass grave in the basement of a building in a village in Bucha. The bodies had ears cut off and teeth extracted.

Additionally, the report records that Russian forces raped civilian women, causing pregnancies, and used civilians as human shields during battles with Ukrainian forces.

Ned Price, spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State, said, "The United States and its allies will find those responsible for these human rights violations and war crimes in Ukraine and hold them accountable."

The International Criminal Court also urged the international community to unify opinions and develop a significant strategy to bring Russian war criminals to justice.

Meanwhile, on the 14th, Russian forces launched a missile attack on Vinnytsia, a city in western Ukraine, killing at least 23 civilians. Ukraine condemned the attack, stating that Vinnytsia has no major military facilities and that Russian forces targeted purely civilians unrelated to strategic or military value.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said, "Among the casualties are children," and strongly condemned the attack, saying, "This is a state act of terrorism by Russia, and if this is not terrorism, then what is?"

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