Drudge Retort: The Other Side of the News
Tuesday, April 07, 2026

In the fifth year of Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine, war crimes investigations are progressing at a snail's pace, hampered by a severe lack of resources and personnel.

More

Alternate links: Google News | Twitter

Just a reminder: three years ago, the Pentagon said it was a grave war crime when Vladimir Putin targeted electrical power stations all across Ukraine. Trump is now: (1) consciously emulating Putin, and (2) committing grave war crimes according to the US interpretation of the laws of war.

[image or embed]

-- Scott Horton (@robertscotthorton.bsky.social) Apr 5, 2026 at 10:42 AM

Comments

Admin's note: Participants in this discussion must follow the site's moderation policy. Profanity will be filtered. Abusive conduct is not allowed.

"By the end of September 2025, when the estimated number of cases was 185,000, only 446 had reached the courts, and only 156 had resulted in a sentence-- less than one in 1,000-- according to a study conducted by the Ukrainian Union for Human Rights in Helsinki. The report also highlights the system's inability to manage such a large number of crimes. These include extrajudicial killings, bombings and attacks on civilian infrastructure, deportation of minors, torture, sexual violence, and enforced disappearances."

~snip~

Link: Warning: Video Contains Graphic Content

An international arrest warrant for war crimes issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the Hague remain active for Russia President Vladimir Putin.

An INTERPOL Red Notice has been internationally diffused for this notorious fugitive from justice.

An indictment is merely an allegation. To ensure a fair trial, Mr Putin must be presumed innocent until he is proven guilty beyond a shadow of a doubt at an international tribunal to be held for him in the Hague at a future date.



#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-07 04:23 AM | Reply

Russia has lost 1,307,540 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on 24 Feb 2022, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on 9 April.

The number includes 1,040 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

Russia has also lost 11,847 tanks, 24,370 armored combat vehicles, 88,332 vehicles and fuel tanks, 39,689 artillery systems, 1,724 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,341 air defense systems, 435 aircraft, 350 helicopters, 227,539 drones, 33 ships and boats, and two submarines.

Ukraine's General Staff does not reveal its own losses during the full-scale invasion, citing operational secrecy.

While Ukrainian officials rarely disclose figures, President Volodymyr Zelensky said at least 55,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been KIA since the beginning of the full-scale war, in addition to many more classified as MIA.

The intensity of Russian drones and fighting has made it difficult for Ukraine to retrieve the bodies of fallen soldiers, which are needed for DNA confirmation.

Vladimir Putin's "Special Military Operation" against Ukraine is longer than the USSR participation in the Great Patriotic War (22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945).

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-09 04:59 AM | Reply

The following HTML tags are allowed in comments: a href, b, i, p, br, ul, ol, li and blockquote. Others will be stripped out. Participants in this discussion must follow the site's moderation policy. Profanity will be filtered. Abusive conduct is not allowed.

Anyone can join this site and make comments. To post this comment, you must sign it with your Drudge Retort username. If you can't remember your username or password, use the lost password form to request it.
Username:
Password:

Home | Breaking News | Comments | User Blogs | Stats | Back Page | RSS Feed | RSS Spec | DMCA Compliance | Privacy

Drudge Retort