The sound of alarm sirens and the words “Beyond evil, even during the war”. But above all the photos, many, strong, dramatic, which document the torture and atrocities of the war. Which portray the dead but also the women and children who survived the bombings so far, immortalized as they flee from the bombs. Kiev has created “Russia’s war crimes”, an online archive to document “the war crimes of Russia” committed in these first 45 days of conflict through the testimonies of survivors, NGOs present in the country and international media reports.
“The evidence gathered of the atrocities committed by the Russian military in Ukraine will ensure that these war criminals do not escape justice,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba writes on Twitter in announcing the creation of the site. in different sections: there is the one dedicated to the victims, torture and hostages, and the one on the destruction of numerous cultural properties, documented by the photos of the “before and after the bombings.” But also a page with the detailed story on the rapes of women, some through their own testimony, others entrusted to social networks. “They rape them at night and during the day, in front of their children, very often after killing their husbands”, reads the website.
Then there are the numbers: 1,563 dead, including 167 children, 4,820 war crimes, 6,800 buildings destroyed, 439,420 deported civilians, of which over 91,000 children. Figures that Kiev documents with testimonies of survivors and journalists. But above all with photos: from the bombed children’s hospital in Mariupol and those of the Bucha massacre, where the death toll has risen to 360, including 10 children. The images that tell of this massacre show some corpses with their hands tied, others completely charred. The site is updated yesterday with the attack on Kramatorsk station which resulted in over 50 deaths.
“Do you dare to hear how sirens sound in Ukraine right now? Think of their despair every day when they hear this sound. They know that destruction and death are coming. But in real life, Ukrainians can’t just mute that sound. . It can cost them their lives “, reads the home page of the site.
The last page of the archive reads: “Ukraine will not surrender until all perpetrators are punished. We are gathering evidence and testimony, including shocking photos and videos, so that the court can convict the perpetrators of these crimes. war”.