Russia - threadbanned users in OP

Only if it's done in Russia. The EU will just continue to tweet, as they did today, about "perpetrators of war crimes will be held responsible!" when we all know that nothing of the sort will happen.

In case you didn't realise, Assad is still in power while several hundred thousands of people have died under him. So 2/4 on that list are doing just fine.

Nazis on parade in Berlin today. Except they are Russian, not German.

These people have access to all the reporting coming out of Ukraine. They know what is happening. They actively support genocide.

A grotesque bloodlust pollutes the minds of the Russian people. Russia needs to end as a state. It needs to be broken up.

Id agree to a certain extent. Crimes may well have been committed by both sides - but for me there are several important caveats

• The Donbas war was instigated by Russia. As with many tyrannical dictatorships throughout history, Russia need an 'other' - a group to blame and rail against. The looked at a pre-existing condition in Donbas - mixed nationalities and identities, and they incited 'their people' (ethnic Russians) to act as they did, and attempt to cede from Ukraine proper. And that created a reaction in the form of the Azov/Ukrainian nationalists. Horrible things happened, and that is obviously worth highlighting - but i view the conflict as being instigated by Russia - im not saying there werent extremists on both sides - there probably were - but the 'conflict' is a real-time fiction that served Russian interests
• In terms of possible war crimes perpetrated by Ukraine - i could certainly see POW's being mistreated, and possibly executed. And i could see less concern shown for ethnic Russians, especially those who support the LPR DPR. But that is a far way from what we are seeing in Bucha, and Mariupol. Reports of dead women, naked, partially burned. Young girls being hospitalized with 'vaginal and anal tears' - mass graves of civilians - civilians targeted and shot where they stood - we have seen absolutely no evidence of anything so heinous being committed in the name of Ukraine
• One could say there could be degrees of war crimes - and thus far (imho) the scales are tipped well over toward Russia having perpetrated the lion share, and most vile of these
• Thanks to the actions of Russia, and the behavior of Russian diplomats (and their foreign ministry) - i would view with skepticism, any reports of crimes committed against Russia during this war. They are accusing Ukraine of staging many of those crimes which were obviously committed by Russia - i think if anyone does end up staging anything, it will be the Russians

Like i said i tend to agree with you but its not even close to black and white. Still though, your point is well made

Im sure there has been crimes on both sides but it seems russia has acted the worst maybe from desperation

To be fair to the ukrainians when you are being invaded/occupied it would boil down to one thing

Seems Russia have ticked every box for what constitutes war crimes and crimes against humanity

That a few are put down by Ukrainian soldiers bothers my conscience not one iota - they are fair game as an invading extremely hostile force

I am astonished at the lack of further reporting on Putin's current wife and kids in Switzeralnd.

Agreed...and it's even more true today that it would have been last week. Atrocities beget atrocities, and it's easy to imagine Ukrainians dishing out the same to Russian prisoners instead of letting them call mammy.

The old rule of thumb: if you want to know what the Russians are up to themselves, listen to what they're accusing others of doing.

The Russian army is in Ukraine committing atrocities against Ukrainian civilians in Ukraine.

The Ukrainian army is NOT in Russia and is NOT committing atrocities against Russian civilians in Russia.

If Putin isn't brought to justice rapidly when hostilities end, a price will be put on his head - that's obvious. There will be no peace of mind for that entity.

With drone technology these days it's quite doable.

Its a sad state of affairs but - yes - which is why i get very worried when they start talking about chemical labs and WMD type stuff - I do worry