title: Russia's war crimes in Ukraine as a tool of war
abstract: International missions (including the OSCE and the UN) that have operated in Ukraine over the past year confirmed in their reports that Russian troops in Ukraine were repeatedly acting in contravention of the rules of international humanitarian law. The experience of conflicts in which Russia has been involved (including the wars in Chechnya and Syria) proves that Russia, as a rule, does not respect international obligations conducting wars. On the contrary, participation in the commission of wa