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UN-mandated inquiry says Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy grid were war crimes

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Al Jazeera, The New York Times and ABC News, which ran an Associated Press report, say a UN-mandated Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine has found that Russia's attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure since autumn 2022 amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity. The commission's report, submitted to the UN General Assembly on Monday, says Russia intentionally attacked heating plants, power lines and gas facilities, leaving millions of civilians without electricity and heat in freezing temperatures. The outlets also report that the inquiry found Russia recruited men from 29 countries into its armed forces through deception or coercion.

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The UN-mandated Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine says Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure constitute war crimes.
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Al Jazeera English, ABC News
The commission also finds the attacks amount to crimes against humanity.
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The New York Times, ABC News
Attacks on heating plants and power lines cut heat and electricity to civilians on bitterly cold winter days, according to the report.
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Al Jazeera English, The New York Times, ABC News
The commission says Russia intentionally attacked energy infrastructure, and that civilian suffering was the goal.
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The New York Times, ABC News
The commission says Russia recruited men from 29 countries into its armed forces through deception or coercion.
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All three outlets report that a UN-mandated inquiry found Russia's attacks on Ukraine's energy grid were war crimes and crimes against humanity. The New York Times headline stresses civilian suffering as the goal, while the other two lead with the war crimes finding.

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Headlines report the UN inquiry's findings of war crimes and crimes against humanity by Russia, with the NYT headline stressing civilian suffering as the goal and ABC naming the UN-backed inquiry as the source.
Civilian Suffering Was Goal of Russian Strikes in Ukraine, U.N. Panel Says
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civilian suffering as intended goal
winter attacks on heat and power

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ABC NewsLeftAssociated Press report
Russia committed war crimes in Ukraine by attacking energy grid: UN-backed inquiry
A U.N.-backed inquiry is reporting that Russia committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in Ukraine by intentionally attacking energy infrastructure, which left millions of people without electricity and heat in freezing temperatures
3 hr agoRead at ABC News (opens in a new tab)
The New York TimesLeft
Civilian Suffering Was Goal of Russian Strikes in Ukraine, U.N. Panel Says
The assaults on infrastructure, which cut off heat and power on bitterly cold winter days, amounted to a crime against humanity, investigators said.
7 hr agoRead at The New York Times (opens in a new tab)
Al Jazeera EnglishLeft
Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure a war crime: UN
UN commission notes Russian weaponisation of cold in nearly five years of attacks on heating plants and power lines.
10 hr agoRead at Al Jazeera English (opens in a new tab)

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Al Jazeera English, Oct 26, 1:27 PM EDT
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Al Jazeera EnglishLeftOct 26, 1:27 PM EDT
The New York TimesLeftOct 26, 4:15 PM EDT
ABC NewsLeftOct 26, 8:45 PM EDT

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UN-mandated inquiry says Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy grid were war crimes

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Russia committed war crimes in Ukraine by attacking energy grid: UN-backed inquiry

Civilian Suffering Was Goal of Russian Strikes in Ukraine, U.N. Panel Says

Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure a war crime: UN

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