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HEADLINE: Ukraine Claims Evidence of War Crimes in Recaptured Territory
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PUBLISHED AT: 09/18/2022 at: 3:05p
BYLINE: Marcus Harton
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[[Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States on Sunday accused Russia of committing war crimes of massive proportions. Oksana Markarova cited evidence collected at mass burial sites, including one in Izium, a city recently retaken by Ukraine after months under Russian occupation. VOA’s Marcus Harton has more.]]
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Ukrainian officials have been recovering bodies from a mass burial site near Izium in the Kharkiv region. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces have discovered more than 10 torture chambers in areas formerly held by the Russians.
((Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Ukrainian President))
“Torture was a widespread practice in the occupied territory. That is what the Nazis did. This is what the Russian fascists do. And they will answer the same way – both on the battlefields and in the courtrooms.”
((NARRATOR))
Russia has repeatedly denied accusations of targeting Ukrainian civilians.
Ukrainian Ambassador Oksana Markarova says international investigators are present at the mass grave site looking for evidence of war crimes.
((Mandatory Courtesy: ABC “This Week”))
((Oksana Markarova / Ukrainian Ambassador to the US))
“Preparing not only our national criminal cases against Russians, but also international courts and other countries’ investigations so the work is done as we speak there.”
((NARRATOR))
Markarova said the discoveries in territory formerly occupied by Russian troops make it imperative to recapture all occupied territory in Ukraine.
In the recaptured town of Kozacha Lopan, also in the Izium region, Mayor Vyacheslav Zadorenko showed journalists what he called a makeshift Russian prison and torture chamber.
((Vyacheslav Zadorenko / District Mayor))
"Here you can see that the bars were welded freshly; it's not even rusty. So, we haven't just found a cellar in which fruit was kept. This cellar was precisely prepared to keep our civilian people as prisoners."
((NARRATOR))
Ukrainian forces took back parts of the Kharkiv region during a recent counteroffensive. Russian forces retreated from Izium, leaving behind large amounts of equipment and ammunition.
((Marcus Harton, VOA News))
Transcript/Script((PLAYBOOK SLUG: Washington Week Ahead
HEADLINE: Ukraine Claims Evidence of War Crimes in Recaptured Territory
TEASER:
PUBLISHED AT: 09/18/2022 at: 3:05p
BYLINE: Marcus Harton
CONTRIBUTOR:
DATELINE:
VIDEOGRAPHER:
VIDEO EDITOR:
SCRIPT EDITORS: MPage; caw
VIDEO SOURCE (S): ABC “This Week,” AP, Reuters
PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV __ RADIO __
TRT: 2:10
VID APPROVED BY: MPage
TYPE:
EDITOR NOTES:))
((INTRO))
[[Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States on Sunday accused Russia of committing war crimes of massive proportions. Oksana Markarova cited evidence collected at mass burial sites, including one in Izium, a city recently retaken by Ukraine after months under Russian occupation. VOA’s Marcus Harton has more.]]
((NARRATOR))
Ukrainian officials have been recovering bodies from a mass burial site near Izium in the Kharkiv region. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces have discovered more than 10 torture chambers in areas formerly held by the Russians.
((Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Ukrainian President))
“Torture was a widespread practice in the occupied territory. That is what the Nazis did. This is what the Russian fascists do. And they will answer the same way – both on the battlefields and in the courtrooms.”
((NARRATOR))
Russia has repeatedly denied accusations of targeting Ukrainian civilians.
Ukrainian Ambassador Oksana Markarova says international investigators are present at the mass grave site looking for evidence of war crimes.
((Mandatory Courtesy: ABC “This Week”))
((Oksana Markarova / Ukrainian Ambassador to the US))
“Preparing not only our national criminal cases against Russians, but also international courts and other countries’ investigations so the work is done as we speak there.”
((NARRATOR))
Markarova said the discoveries in territory formerly occupied by Russian troops make it imperative to recapture all occupied territory in Ukraine.
In the recaptured town of Kozacha Lopan, also in the Izium region, Mayor Vyacheslav Zadorenko showed journalists what he called a makeshift Russian prison and torture chamber.
((Vyacheslav Zadorenko / District Mayor))
"Here you can see that the bars were welded freshly; it's not even rusty. So, we haven't just found a cellar in which fruit was kept. This cellar was precisely prepared to keep our civilian people as prisoners."
((NARRATOR))
Ukrainian forces took back parts of the Kharkiv region during a recent counteroffensive. Russian forces retreated from Izium, leaving behind large amounts of equipment and ammunition.
((Marcus Harton, VOA News))
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