Crime of Aggression

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🗓️ 19 October 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Earlier this week, Russia launched a new drone bombing spree in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. This followed last week's attack, when Russian missiles struck the capital and other parts of the country. This week on Intercepted: reporter Alice Speri breaks down the different international investigations into Russia’s crimes in Ukraine and explains why none include the crime of aggression. She speaks with human rights investigators and international humanitarian law experts, who break down what they think needs to happen to achieve justice for the victims of Russia’s crimes and set a precedent to prevent future acts of aggression. But prosecuting Russian leaders for the invasion of Ukraine may be a challenge, for fear it may boomerang back on Western aggressors. join.theintercept.com/donate/now

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0:00.0	In 2014, Russian forces seized Crimea, paving the way for President Vladimir Putin's annexation
0:18.4	of the Ukrainian peninsula.
0:20.4	Russian troops spreading out throughout the strategic Crimean peninsula.
0:24.3	Next, we turn tonight to the tension rising around the world as Russian President Vladimir
0:28.8	Putin casts his shadow across the boundary of Europe and Russia.
0:33.4	Tonight his troops are holding firm in a corner of Ukraine notice Crimea.
0:38.1	A large number of world leaders and international organizations condemn the invasion as illegal.
0:43.8	President Obama strongly condemned Moscow's incursion into the Crimea and said that steps
0:48.9	to isolate Russia diplomatically and economically will be examined if there is no change in
0:54.2	policy.
0:55.2	The EU leaders prepare for an emergency summit on Ukraine a key question remains.
1:00.4	Should Russia be punished for its incursions into Crimea and if so, how?
1:05.4	But Putin and other senior Russian officials were never prosecuted in any court of international
1:10.3	law for the crime of aggression.
1:12.6	The use of armed force against another country without defensive necessity.
1:17.4	Eight years later, Russia did it again, invading mainland Ukraine in February.
1:23.6	This is what Russian President Vladimir Putin unleashed on Ukraine.
1:29.0	As the sun came up this morning.
1:31.0	Overnight in the capital of Ukraine, the sound of missile strikes and air sirens.
1:38.9	Explosions rocking several cities including the capital of Kiev, targeting military installations,
1:44.5	including air bases, housing fighter jets.
1:47.2	Two weeks ago, Putin declared the annexation of four regions of Ukraine, the Russian forces
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