Russia committed war crimes in Ukraine by attacking its energy grid, UN-backed inquiry says
Investigators said the strikes were deliberate and systematic, leaving millions without electricity and heat and targeting civilian infrastructure during winter.
- On Monday, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine concluded that Russian forces committed war crimes and crimes against humanity by intentionally targeting energy infrastructure and coercively recruiting foreign nationals from 29 countries.
- Russian forces have systematically attacked Ukraine's energy grid since autumn 2022, deliberately depriving civilians of electricity and heating to inflict suffering, according to the report submitted to the UN General Assembly.
- Investigators based findings on 255 witness accounts and medical evidence from the 2025–2026 winter, when temperatures dropped to minus 21 degrees Celsius, leaving millions without heat or electricity.
- The commission documented human trafficking operations, finding that Russian authorities coordinated with agents to recruit men from 29 nations through deception or coercion, often forcing them into hazardous frontline service.
- Moscow's UN Mission rejected the commission's mandate, dismissing findings as "falsified data," while the report named Russian President Vladimir Putin as responsible for planning the infrastructure attacks.
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UN commission finds Russia’s grid strikes are crimes against humanity, citing last winter at minus 21°C. Now they’re intensifying
The commission concluded the strikes followed a state policy to deprive civilians of power and cause suffering, and noted that Russian authorities had openly announced further attacks and referred to a plan to carry them out.
Probe Finds Russia Committed War Crimes By Targeting Civilians In Ukraine
Top human rights experts investigating Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine said on Monday that the Russian authorities had committed war crimes and crimes against humanity by attacking civilians and vital energy infrastructure, among other violations of international law.
UN inquiry says Russian energy attacks in Ukraine amount to war crimes
A UN-backed inquiry found Russia deliberately attacked Ukraine's energy infrastructure and coerced foreign men into military service. The findings classify the strikes as international crimes and highlight deceptive recruitment across 29 countries.
The report commissioned by the UN Human Rights Council states that power plants were deliberately targeted to cause the population to suffer.
"Trafficking in human beings" means that an independent international commission of inquiry into Ukraine designates the forced recruitment of foreigners by the Russian army in its last report to the UN General Assembly on 26 October. Recruited by force or deceit in violation of international law, from India to Brazil, to South Africa and Bolivia, the commission confirmed cases from at least 29 countries and managed, with evidence to support, to …
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