Defeating Putin Is the Only Route to Peace in Ukraine
AtlanticMAY 2022
The scale of atrocities committed by the Russian army in Ukraine is yet to be assessed, as cases of rape, murder, torture, and mass burials keep piling up. Sgt. Shysimarin's trial is but the first step in a long road to holding Russia - which has been accused of nearly 10K war crimes over the course of the war - accountable.
The scale of atrocities committed by the Russian army in Ukraine is yet to be assessed. Cases of rape, murder, torture, and mass burials are piling up. Sgt. Shysimarin's trial will be the first of many, as Ukraine claims Russia has committed nearly 10K war crimes over the course of the war.
While nothing justifies alleged Russian war crimes, where was the outrage when systematic human rights abuses were being committed by Ukrainian forces over the past eight years of war in the Donbas? Ukraine certainly turned a blind eye when nationalists created a prison at the Mariupol airport in June 2014, subjecting residents to brutal treatment for even the suspicion of harboring sympathies for Russia.