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Eugene Vindman: “We're seeing many examples of war crimes from indiscriminate…”

Featuring: Eugene Vindman, Democratic | U.S. House, Virginia, District 7

Yurii Lutsenko with Yevgeny Vindman

Published September 12, 2022 | Video Starts at 24:53

So I am part of what's called the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group. It's a program of record, us, EU and UK to help the Ukrainian prosecutor general prosecute war crimes. And We're seeing many examples of war crimes from indiscriminate bombing to use of sexual violence on the battlefield. And it's the deaths frankly are going to be hard to calculate based on the scope. Certainly in the Russian held areas, in liberated areas. (24:53–25:05)

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Asserts that war crimes in Ukraine include indiscriminate bombing and sexual violence.

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