The prosecutor has to prove a number of things. He's got to prove that civilians are being hit, that they 're being targeted and there is a disproportionate killing or harm to civilians. The prosecutor then has to identify the person or persons who are responsible for that. And that raises a number of questions. It could be the individuals who are actually firing the missiles. Or it could be on instructions, or with reckless abandon that the head of state has ordered all his military to target in that way. That's what we don't know, and that's what aProsecutor has to prove. But i have to say, the scale of what is happening is certainly consistent with responsibility going all
The Russian military may have committed war crimes in its brutal attack on the Ukrainian city of Mariupol. International law expert Philippe Sands explains how Vladimir Putin could be held accountable.
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