{"id":1645041,"date":"2022-09-17T06:41:25","date_gmt":"2022-09-17T10:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1645041"},"modified":"2022-09-17T06:43:46","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T10:43:46","slug":"putin-cant-hide-his-war-crimes-in-ukraine-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-cant-hide-his-war-crimes-in-ukraine-anymore\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin Can&#8217;t Hide His War Crimes in Ukraine Anymore"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fputin-cant-hide-his-war-crimes-in-ukraine-anymore%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1645041&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><span><strong>Mass Graves in Ukraine:<\/strong> Ukrainian officials found a mass grave near Izium after recapturing the northeastern city from Russians, Ukrainian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2022\/07\/ukraine-fires-security-chief\/\">Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> said in his nightly video address to the nation.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><span>There are 440 bodies in the mass grave, Ukrainian police said.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cA mass grave of people was found in Izium in the Kharkiv region. The necessary procedures have already begun there. More information \u2013 clear, verifiable information \u2013 should be available tomorrow,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/ukraine-president-zelenskyy-says-mass-grave-found-in-recaptured-city\"><span>Zelensky said<\/span><\/a><span>.\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBucha, Mariupol, now, unfortunately, Izium. Russia leaves death everywhere, and it must be held accountable for it. The world must bring Russia to real responsibility for this war,\u201d he added, mentioning other Ukrainian cities where Russians murdered civilians.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Reporters from the AP said they saw a mass grave that contained the bodies of 17 soldiers. Hundreds more graves were marked only with crosses.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<h2><b>Mass Graves in Ukraine: Forensic Examinations to Follow<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span>Serhiy Bolvinov, the chief police investigator for the Kharkiv region, said that all the bodies found in the mass grave will be forensically examined.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI can say it is one of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/mass-grave-more-than-440-bodies-found-izium-ukraine-police-2022-09-15\/\"><span>largest burial sites <\/span><\/a><span>in a big town in liberated (areas)\u2026 440 bodies were buried in one place,\u201d Bolvinov said. However, he did state that not all of the dead were killed by troops inside the town.\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSome died because of artillery fire \u2026 some died because of air strikes,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAfter the counteroffensive, we have found a few burial sites of local residents [across the Kharkiv region] that were murdered by the Russian military,\u201d said Oleksandr Filchakov,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/sep\/14\/people-disappeared-iziums-residents-on-russias-occupation\"><span> Kharkiv region\u2019s chief prosecutor<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cSome of them even tortured. As for Izium, well, we have just started.\u201d<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><span>Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine\u2019s minister of internal affairs, traveled to Izium with President Zelensky.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe were shocked to see the destruction of the city,\u201d Gerashchenko said, speaking through an interpreter. \u201cWe have found already, for now, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2022\/09\/15\/world\/ukraine-russia-war\"><span>around 1,000 dead bodies<\/span><\/a><span>, so we must say that this tragedy is even worse than the tragedy in Bucha,\u201d he added, recalling the town outside of Kyiv where Russian troops committed atrocities such as rape, torture, and the murders of at least 458 civilians.\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><span>The U.S. Department of State has reported that the so-called \u201cfiltration camps\u201d Russia uses for processing civilians probably hold several mass grave sites in the Russian-occupied Donetsk region.\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<h2><strong>War in Ukraine: Russia Recruiting in the Prisons<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2022\/09\/how-the-wagner-group-russias-mercenaries-might-be-slowly-dying-in-ukraine\/\">Wagner Group<\/a> is openly recruiting in Russia\u2019s prison systems. The private military company promises convicts that if they serve six months in Ukraine, they will be given their freedom.\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-62922152\"><span>Yevgeny Prigozhin<\/span><\/a><span>, head of the Wagner group, was filmed inside one prison recruiting prisoners. Known as \u201cPutin\u2019s Chef,\u201d Prigozhin has denied having anything to do with the company in the past. Many Russian citizens protested the recruitment of prisoners, but Prigozhin had a response.\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s either private military companies and prisoners or your children \u2013 decide for yourself.\u201d<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_59672\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-59672\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Video of Ukraine\u2019s forces launching an attack. Image Credit: Twitter Screenshot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Prigozhin was filmed giving his pitch to the convicts. \u201cIf you serve six months, you are free,\u201d he said. But he added to anyone thinking about deserting, \u201cIf you arrive in Ukraine and decide it\u2019s not for you, we will execute you.\u201d<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><span>Prigozhin then gave the men <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wartranslated\/status\/1570123353331011586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1570123353331011586%7Ctwgr%5Ee259706472ac13af186663253757bde8027ac6dd%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessinsider.com%2Fukraine-video-wagner-recruiting-mercenaries-russian-prison-2022-9\"><span>five minutes<\/span><\/a><span> to decide whether to serve or resume their prison sentences. Part of the prisoners\u2019 contracts states that they must agree not to consume drugs or alcohol and are forbidden from looting and engaging in sexual contact with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/ukraine-video-wagner-recruiting-mercenaries-russian-prison-2022-9\"><span>local women, men, or livestock<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Expert Biography: <\/i><\/b><i><span>Steve Balestrieri is a 1945 National Security Columnist. A proven military analyst, he served as a US Army Special Forces NCO and Warrant Officer in the <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soc.mil\/USASFC\/Groups\/7th\/7thSFGHomepage.html\"><i><span>7th Special Forces Group<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>. In addition to writing for <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/\"><i><span>19fortyfive.com<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span> and other military news organizations, he has covered the NFL for<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/\"><i><span> PatsFans.com<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span> for over 11 years. His work was regularly featured in the Millbury-Sutton Chronicle and Grafton News newspapers in Massachusetts.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mass Graves in Ukraine: Ukrainian officials found a mass grave near Izium after recapturing the northeastern city from Russians, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his nightly video address to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1645043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1645041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1645041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1645041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1645041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1645043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1645041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1645041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1645041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}