I am standing on a rooftop looking out on Levyv on day 49 of Russia's brutal and bloody

invasion of Ukraine.

I'm Jake Tapper.

Welcome to the special broadcast of the lead, we're live from Western Ukraine.

An interpreter held in captivity for 9 days by the Russians beaten, tortured, starved,

and subjected to a mock execution.

A mother raped multiple times by a drunken Russian soldier in the presence of her small

child.

An elderly couple shot dead by Russian soldiers while trying to escape their village by car.

Just hours after President Biden first used the word genocide to describe Russian atrocities

in Ukraine, a new report finds, quote, clear patterns of violations of international humanitarian

law by Russian forces here.

From the organization for security and cooperation in Europe, or OSCE, say they found credible

evidence suggesting violations of, quote, even the most fundamental human rights have been

committed.

Another horrifying example, dozens of local officials, activists, and journalists being

abducted by the Russians, and forcibly disappeared.

The whereabouts of many of those detained, still unknown.

The report also cites many well-documented cases of the use of cluster munitions, rockets

or bombs that hold dozens or hundreds of smaller bombs inside, and are designed to discharge

over a wide area, inflicting as much damage as possible.

This new video posted to social media shows would appear to be cluster bombs, exploding

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