There are. Ukraine, a sovereign nation (mooostly) in compliance with international rules is defending their borders against an illegal aggressor, Russia, who keep committing warcrimes of all sorts.

So fuck your “both sides are as bad” you Putler apologist.

Russian forces used chemical weapons 465 times between 24 February 2022 and December 2023, according to Ukraine, including K-51 grenades, RGR grenades, Drofa-PM hand gas grenades, and RG-VO gas grenades, which contain an unknown chemical substance.

The International Criminal Court recognizes abduction and deportation as a war crime and the forced resettlement of children as a form of genocide.

According to Ukrainian authorities, Russian forces have kidnapped over 121,000 Ukrainian children and deported them to Russia’s eastern provinces. Some of these children’s parents had been killed by the Russian military. The Russian State Duma has initiated legislation to formalize the “adoption” of these children.

In March 2022, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights reported 270 cases of arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance of civilians, eight of whom were later found dead. The OHCHR informed the Human Rights Council that arbitrary detention of civilians, including 21 journalists and civil society activists, had become “widespread” in territory controlled by Russian forces and affiliated armed groups. Nine of them had already reportedly been released. The Human Rights Monitoring Mission also verified the arrests and detention of 24 public officials and civil servants, including three mayors, by Russian armed forces and affiliated armed groups of the self-proclaimed republics of Luhansk and Donetsk.

That’s the first few I could be arsed to list.