Unspoken words lie within the Ukraine soil as the country suffers from various casualties that are considered war crimes. Crimes against humanity, otherwise known as war crimes, include murder, enslavement, deportation, extermination, and other inhumane acts.

Recently, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin awarded an army brigade with “mass heroism and bravery,” as they “distinguished themselves in military action.” Many Ukrainian politicians accuse these military actions of being war crimes. One of these includes when Russian troops retreated from the capital region. They ended up leaving behind gruesome remnants of what Ukraine used to look like. 

However, Ukraine isn’t the first or only country that has suffered from these gruesome acts. Major attempts to alter the rules of war have been made, and many war criminals have been held accountable on trial.

In World War ll, allies of Europe and Asia had cited and researched various crimes committed by the Nazi regime of Adolf Hitler. This was the start of the desirous attempt to contain these acts.

As the War concluded, representatives from the United States, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, and France signed the London Agreement, which provided an International Military Tribunal for the trial of Nazi War Crimes. This agreement was backed by 19 other governments, including the Nurnberg Charter, which lists the three most common categories of crime: crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. 

The world and individual governments try to categorize and pick at what deem acceptable and unacceptable in the terms of war. Many amendments have also been made to alter this so everyone can fight but do so respectfully. As for Ukraine and Russia, we can expect major repercussions, even worse than now, for Russian troops and their leaders. War crimes not only affect the entire country but also surrounding people and their day-to-day lives.