The commission of the crime of genocide by Russia in Ukraine

Abstract

The time that has passed since the beginning of the active phase of Russian aggression against Ukraine has been marked by the commission by the aggressors of numerous crimes, which by their features fall under the definition of the crime of genocide, which is formulated in Art. 2 of the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. At the same time, these crimes are characterized by various forms of commission. Their goal is exclusively the destruction of the Ukrainian people as an ethnic group, both by direct destruction and by creating conditions that should lead to this consequence. Immediately after the beginning of the active phase of aggression, Ukraine filed a lawsuit against Russia with the International Criminal Court in The Hague, which is currently under consideration. The commission of the crime of genocide requires, first, an explanation of the reasons that led to its commission and, second, a determination of the forms of its commission. This publication is devoted to the analysis of these issues.