'A horror story'
UN human rights officers in Ukraine document cases of unlawful killing, rape and torture.
The UN Human Rights Office has today described the war in Ukraine as a ‘horror story of violations against civilians’, in which respect for international law has been ‘tossed aside’. Matilda Bogner, who runs the UN's Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, tells us about the war crimes they've documented.
We're also joined by the Marianna Spring, the Â鶹Éç's disinformation reporter, who tells us the real story of the Ukrainian soldier who became famous when a clip of him defying orders from a Russian warship to surrender, and swearing at them, went viral.
And a daughter tells us how she undertook an extraordinary journey into the besieged city of Mariupol to rescue her parents.
Today's Ukrainecast was made by Estelle Doyle with Osman Iqbal and Alix Pickles. The technical producer was Cassie Galpin. The Editor was Jonathan Aspinwall.
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