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Hold Russia accountable for its war crimes

The scale of Russian criminality in Ukraine is breathtaking. It ranges from the large-scale destruction of civilian infrastructure, including facilities in the country’s power grid starting last fall and southern Ukraine’s Kakhovka Dam in early June, to methodical violence against Ukrainian noncombatants. Both are banned by international law. State Department’s Ambassador at large for global criminal justice, said investigators are examining tens of thousands of allegations and mounting evidence of individual war crimes.