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As allegations of potential war crimes committed by the Russian military against Ukrainian civilians continue to mount, video footage from Bucha and other towns on the outskirts of Kyiv shows indiscriminate violence inflicted upon the local population. Images show dead bodies bound, executed, and discarded on the street among the rubble of heavy artillery, as well as in improvised mass graves filled with corpses. Although the Russian government has denied responsibility, many leaders from around the world are amplifying calls for prosecution of war crimes. As President Biden announced a new wave of severe financial sanctions against Russia this week for alleged war crimes against Ukraine, new details have emerged of how Russian soldiers have forcibly removed tens of thousands of Ukrainians from occupied areas and sent them tofiltration camps. The large plots of military tents with rows of men in uniforms are where deported Ukrainians are photographed, fingerprinted, forced to turn over their cell phones and passwords, and then questioned by officers for hours before being sent to Russia. A satellite image captured by the U.S.-based Maxar Technologies last week shows the first glimpse of one camp in the Russian-controlled village of Bezimenne, giving a peek into how Russians are processing Ukrainians and attempting to strip them of their identities. More than 40,000 people have been forced into Russia by Ukrainian officials. Ukrainians share their experiences in the camps. Many Ukrainians have told the Guardian harrowing stories of being taken from their home and dropped off in a foreign Russian community. Russian troops invaded our bomb shelter on March 15 and ordered all the women and children to leave. One woman, who requested anonymity for fear of her safety, told the British-based paper that it was not a choice. They asked if I knew anything about the Ukrainian army, and if I had friends in the military. It was degrading. According to the English translation of the Telegram post, the Mariupol City Council stated that Russian soldiers have kidnapped Ukrainian residents from the besieged port city of Mariupol. The Kremlin's spokesman has denied the accusations, saying that over 420,000 Ukrainians have voluntarily left dangerous conditions in their homeland for Russia. The Ukrainians who have been forced from their homes disagree. Russian forces have transported Ukrainians through eastern Ukraine in groups of 200 to 300. The U.S. responded to the camps. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, suggested at a U.N. Security Council briefing that there are similarities between present-day Russianfiltration camps and Nazi Germany concentration camps nearly a century ago. Russian Federal Security agents are confiscating passports and IDs, taking away cellphones, and Separating families from one another, according to reports. We cannot look away from it. The impact of Russia's deportations and assaults on civilians has reverberated around the world. The gruesome photos have been seen by all, Thomas-Greenfield said. The history of camps. This is not the first time that Russia has been accused of using such camps. The term originated in Europe after the end of World War II, according to Nick Baron. The first Chechen war in the mid 1990s and the second Chechen war in the early 2000s were used by Russian forces as mass internment camps. The Guardian reported on accounts of refugee escapees detailing the horror inside the camps. Men and women were raped by Russian guards, inmates were beaten daily with iron bars, and others were forced to use their close quarters as an open toilet, according to a Chechen man. The Chechen survivor said that Russian forces were using the camps to execute Chechens, including electric shocks to genitalia, faked executions and exposure to frigid temperatures. The Chechens tortured those who could not pay, most of them dying. The abuse and violence in these camps was detailed in a February 2020 report by Human Rights Watch. Thomas de Waal, a reporter who covered the war in the 1990s, told NPR last month that he sees similarities between the reports today and Russia's actions in the 1990s. There are some disturbing parallels, according to de Waal. They bring back bad memories for those of us who covered the Chechnya war. Russia defeated Chechnya after the two wars. The impact of camps on the world. The UN says that the unlawful deportation, transfer or confinement of others constitutes a war crime. The scope of any potential punishment is not known. The details of extrajudicial executions and other killings were listed by the international human rights group as an attempt to record alleged Russian war crimes. The secretary-general of Amnesty International said in the release that there are testimonies that show that civilians are being killed in their homes and streets in acts of shocking brutality. The intentional killing of civilians is a war crime. The deaths must be thoroughly investigated and those responsible must be brought to justice. Laura Mills is a researcher with the organization and she hopes the stories it has verified will lead to justice for those involved. Mills told Yahoo News that they should be investigated and prosecuted. Increased Russian penalties will help the Ukrainians. Biden's most recent sanctions include banning new investment in Russia, imposing the most severe financial sanctions on Russia's largest bank and government officials, and two of Putin's daughters. Biden said Wednesday that Russia's ability to grow would be stifled. Financial sanctions on Russia have been tightened by the U.K. and other European countries. The resilience of the Ukrainian defense shows vulnerability in Russia's future. The killings of Ukrainian civilians are being carried out by Putin-led troops. There is no evidence that the machines have been used, according to NBC News. More than 5,000 Ukrainian civilians have been killed in Mariupol alone since late February, according to the mayor. According to NATO, an estimated 7,000 to 15,000 Russian troops have been killed since February 24. According to the New York Times, the President of Ukraine has said that at least 1,300 Ukrainian troops have been killed. According to the U.N. refugee agency, more than 4.2 million Ukrainians have fled the country, with the majority finding refuge in Poland. Mills wants policy makers in all countries to take war crimes seriously. _____ The cover photo is Leon Klein/Anadolu Agency. Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman acknowledged in an interview published on Thursday that Russia had suffered significant losses of troops. Russia. The UN General Assembly suspended Russia from the UN Human Rights Council on Thursday due to reports of abuses in Ukraine. A two-thirds majority of voting members in the General Assembly in New York needed to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council. Charlie Shrem, the man who bought bitcoin at $5, is urging people to mark their calendars for April 27th. The Novaya Gazeta investigative newspaper suspended its online and print activities after receiving a second warning from the state communications regulator. The Telegram messaging app showed pictures of a man with red paint on his head and clothes and sleeping on a train. Republicans took jabs at Jackson even though they were powerless to stop her confirmation. We need to understand how the war began to understand how it will end. 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The two Nordic countries are considering joining the U.S.-led alliance because of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. If the two countries join, we will have to make our western flank more sophisticated in terms of ensuring our security. You can find and compare your legal options online. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov posted a video to Telegram teasing further brutality in southeastern Ukraine as the world reels from the Bucha massacre. Russia claims that the massacre of civilians in Ukraine are a hoax. The Texas Republican was criticized for the same thing. The 10 least reliable cars are ranked by their reliability score. The confirmation hearing for nominees to serve on the board of the Tennessee Valley Authority turned awkward when one of President Biden's picks was confronted for calling her "hideous" on social media. The January 6 panel had 14 hours of closed-door testimony from the couple. 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