Russia-Ukraine war live updates: Russia calls Finland’s NATO plan a threat ; U.N. Human Rights Council deepens war crimes probe
Also Thursday, the United Nations Human Rights Council moved to deepen scrutiny of alleged rights abuses by Russian forces, including potential war crimes, throughout previously occupied areas of Ukraine.
The resolution, passed during a special session, calls on investigators to focus particularly on incidents in the regions of Kyiv, Chernihiv, Kharkiv and Sumy in late February and March. Ahead of the vote, U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet told the council that “the scale of unlawful killings” in Ukraine, including signs of summary executions, “is shocking.”
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