Ukraine<\/a> said Friday its initial investigation turned up evidence of war crimes in the country following Russia\u2019s invasion nearly seven months ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe experts from the Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, mandated by Human Rights Council earlier this year, have so far focused on four regions \u2013 Kyiv, Chernihiv, Kharkiv and Sumy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Presenting their most extensive findings so far, they cited testimonies by former detainees of beatings, electric shocks and forced nudity in Russian detention facilities, and expressed grave concerns about executions in the four regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe were struck by the large number of executions in the areas that we visited. The commission is currently investigating such deaths in 16 towns and settlements,\u201d Erik Mose, the commission chairman, told the council. He didn’t specify who or which side in the war allegedly committed the killings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mose said his team had received and was documenting \u201ccredible allegations regarding many more cases of executions.\u201d During a 10-day June trip to Ukraine, the team visited Bucha, a city outside Kyiv where Ukrainian authorities found mass graves and bodies strewn in the streets after Russian forces pulled out in late March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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