Amnesty International has announced that it has evidence of alleged war crimes committed earlier this year by Russian forces in the Kyiv region during the invasion of Ukraine.
Investigators from the human rights group have been documenting alleged war crimes in eight cities around the Ukrainian capital since the end of February.
"In other words, we know that the crimes committed against people living around here are not merely anecdotal," she told a news conference in Kyiv following the release of the investigation report. "We know they are part of a pattern that has characterized Russia's conduct of the hostilities from the outset.
Amnesty also acknowledged it had looked at allegations by Russian authorities that Russian prisoners of war were mistreated by the Ukrainians.Callamard said her organization doesn't discriminate and believes that all possible war crimes deserve a full investigation.
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