Amnesty International: Ukraine: Mounting evidence of war crimes and Russian involvement [View all]

[pampango]

Ukrainian militia and separatist forces are responsible for war crimes, Amnesty International said today. The organisation accused Russia of fuelling separatist crimes as it revealed satellite images indicating a build-up of Russian armour and artillery in eastern Ukraine.

Despite a fragile cease-fire, the situation on the ground remains fraught with danger and Amnesty International calls on all parties, including Russia, to stop violations of the laws of war. “All sides in this conflict have shown disregard for civilian lives and are blatantly violating their international obligations,” said Salil Shetty, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, who travels to Kyiv and Moscow in the coming days.

“Our evidence shows that Russia is fuelling the conflict, both through direct interference and by supporting the separatists in the East. Russia must stop the steady flow of weapons and other support to an insurgent force heavily implicated in gross human rights violations.”

The Kremlin has repeatedly denied any involvement in the fighting in Ukraine, but satellite imagery and testimony gathered by the Amnesty International provide compelling evidence that the fighting has burgeoned into what Amnesty International now considers an international armed conflict.

http://amnesty.org./en/news/ukraine-mounting-evidence-war-crimes-and-russian-involvement-2014-09-05

Finally something more than the "he (Russia) said, she (Ukraine) said", along with the "No we are not doing that and you can't prove that we are" denials from both sides, that we usually get.