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The invasion is itself a war crime ( crimes against peace), and the indiscriminate bombing of civilian buildings as can be seen from numerous videos from Donetsk, Kyiv, Lviv, Mariupol, etc. are also war crimes.


> The invasion is itself a war crime ( crimes against peace)

Technically, “war crimes”, “crimes against peace” and “crimes against humanity” are distinct categories (though the second two are often distinguished only by whether or not they occur in the context of a war; e.g., genocide is either a war crime or a crime against humanity, depending on context).

Aggression is a crime against peace, not a war crime.

> the indiscriminate bombing of civilian buildings as can be seen from numerous videos

Those would be war crimes, though videos of the impacts are generally only suggestive evidence of indiscriminate (or, worse, intentional) targeting.




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