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On 6 April 2022, it was proposed that this article be moved from War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine to War crimes and crimes against humanity in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The result of the discussion was not moved.

On 10 December 2023, it was proposed that this article be moved to Russian war crimes in the invasion of Ukraine. The result of the discussion was not moved.

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I suggest adding the following publication to the Further reading section:

Bieńczyk-Missala, Agnieszka (2024). "Russia’s War Crimes in Ukraine as a Tool of War". In Grzebyk, Patrycja; Uczkiewicz, Dominika (eds.). The Russian-Ukrainian Conflict and War Crimes: Challenges for Documentation and International Prosecution. Routledge. p. 115-128. ISBN 9781003493785.

Rosomakha (talk) 21:29, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: That's a chapter from the book "The Russian-Ukrainian Conflict and War Crimes". M.Bitton (talk) 14:31, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit extended-protected}} template. TylerBurden (talk) 22:40, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Why are there no Ukrainian war crimes mentioned specificially in conscription?

https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-military-manpower-crisis-pressgang-recruitment/33161193.html https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/ukrainian-men-dragged-out-of-nightclubs-and-restaurants-army-press-gang-kyiv/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz994d6vqe5o

It is well documented that the Ukrainian TCC drags off it's civilians to the frontlines / to military training. I find it very odd that this is not mentioned in the conscription section of this article. 2003:C3:3F15:D597:74A0:2AFB:6966:1911 (talk) 04:47, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It is not mentioned because it is in no way a war crime. But conscripting or enlisting on occupied territory, like Russia does in Ukraine, is prohibited by the Fourth Geneva Convention and specifically listed as a war crime in the Rome Statute. I would like to point out that if this was a war crime, we would be compelled to add that Russia does much the same. Sjö (talk) 06:51, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Civilians or people unlawfully avoiding conscription? YBSOne (talk) 23:12, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Proposal to rename Russian invasion of Ukraine

There is a move discussion that affects this article. See the discussion here: Talk:Russian invasion of Ukraine#Requested move 24 February 2025. – Asarlaí ^(talk) 15:57, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Why does the section "Sexual Violence" omit statistics of Ukrainian crimes?

"The alleged perpetrators were from the ranks of Russian and pro-Russian separatist armed forces in 89 cases and from civilians or unidentified individuals in territory controlled by Russian armed forces in 2 cases." The source given says also: "from the ranks of Ukrainian armed forces, including territorial defence, in 9 cases and law enforcement in 1 case". This is omitted from the article. Why?

Regarding verified cases, the article says: "OHCHR reported that 11 cases, including rape and gang rape, were committed by Russian armed forces and law enforcement." The source given also says: "Five acts of CRSV were committed by Ukrainian armed forces, including territorial defence, or other law enforcement bodies." So out of 23 verified cases, 11 were committed by Russians and 5 by Ukrainians. But the latter is just not mentioned. Why? 31.45.44.189 (talk) 07:59, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can you please give a link to this source? Lazarbeem (talk) 18:06, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]