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“The ICC prosecutor might be working towards making the case that the abduction of children is a case of genocide. That would be a first and that might make this case stand out,” said Iva Vukusic, a war crimes expert and assistant professor of international history at the University of Utrecht. “If the ICC charges the abductions as genocide, it’s also unclear what the outcome and judgment in any future case would be. This is really untested territory.”

Moscow denies deliberately harming civilians, but its defence ministry has admitted targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. Human Rights Watch has said Russian forces have also carried out “indiscriminate and disproportionate” bombing and shelling of urban areas, hospitals and schools.


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