Allegations of genocide of Ukrainians in the Russo-Ukrainian WarPart of the Russo-Ukrainian War and De-Tatarization of CrimeaBucha massacre victims, April 2022Kyiv after Russian shelling, October 2022LocationUkraineDate2014 presentTargetUkrainians as a national groupAttack typeIncitement to genocideGenocideMass murderEthnic cleansingSexual violenceForced displacementPopulation transferAttacks on civilian infrastructureDestruction of cultural heritageForced assimilationChild abductionsSexual mutilationDeathsDocumented deaths3,404 civilians (20142022)15,378 civilians (2022present, minimum, true total believed to be far higher)At least 79,061 soldiers killed in actionEstimated deathsCarl Connettas estimate 40,000 civilians dead (May 2023)RFI estimate 50,000 civilians deadUkrainian estimate 100,000 civilians dead (February 2023)InjuredAt least 56,000 civilians380,000 soldiers wounded in actionVictimsAt least 20,000 children abducted75,253 soldiers missing in action1.6 million Ukrainians deported to Russia8 million internally displaced personsMore than 6 million emigrated as refugeesAt least 468 cultural sites destroyed or damagedDefenders UkraineMotiveRussian irredentismAnti-Ukrainian sentimentRussificationAll-Russian nation theoryAccused RussiaRussian government, under President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Mikhail MishustinRussian Armed Forces, under Andrey Belousov, Valery Gerasimov, and previously Sergei ShoiguWagner Group, under Yevgeny Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin (until 2023) Belarus, under President Alexander LukashenkoAccording to multiple national governments, international organisations, independent experts and media outlets, Russia and its ally Belarus are committing genocide against the Ukrainian people as part of the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War, including the Russian annexation of Crimea, the war in Donbas, and especially in the wake of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent occupation and annexation of Ukrainian territory

Russian war crimesA civilian car with bullet holes on the outskirts of Irpin in the Kyiv OblastThe human rights organizations Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch recorded mass cases of crimes by the Russian Armed Forces against civilians during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, including torture, executions, rape and looting

The crime refers to protection from actions to destroy not only the entire group, but also part of it."A hospital in Mariupol after an airstrikeOn 5 September 2022, Genocide Watch assessed that several stages of genocide existed in Ukraine dehumanization (stage 4), persecution (8), extermination (9), and denial (10) due to Russias intentional massacres of Ukrainian civilians, forced deportations, torture, sexual violence, and hate speech to incite, justify, and deny genocide

The head of British intelligence MI6, Richard Moore, in connection with the killings in Bucha, noted "We knew that Putins plans for the invasion included extrajudicial executions by the military and special services."On 7 April 2022, German magazine Der Spiegel published data from a German intelligence report indicating that Russian military personnel have killed civilians and executed Ukrainian prisoners of war after they were interrogated

In accordance with the statement of the Rada on the resolution, acts of genocide by Russia includedmass atrocities committed by Russian troops in the temporarily occupied territoriessystematic cases of the deliberate killing of civiliansmass deportations of the civilian populationthe transfer of displaced Ukrainian children into the education system of the Russian Federationseizure and targeted destruction of economic infrastructure facilitiessystemic actions of the Russian Federation, designed for the gradual destruction of the Ukrainian peopleIn June 2022, a bipartisan group in the United States Congress introduced a resolution characterizing Russian actions in Ukraine as genocide, and in July the US Senate did so, but neither has been agreed as of November2022

Countries, which recognize the ongoing events in Ukraine as genocidePartial recognition (not approved as law)Investigations and international arrest warrantsBody bags with killed civilians in them in Bucha after the Russian occupation of the cityIn early March 2022, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Ahmad Khan, after obtaining formal referrals from 39 countries, commenced an investigation into possible war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide committed "by any person" in Ukraine since November 2013

But that the fact that civilians are killed is not necessarily genocide", although whether acts are war crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide, "all three of them require the international community to investigate, prosecute and punish the perpetrators."Jonathan Lieder Maynard, lecturer in international politics at Kings College London, argued in April 2022 that the current evidence is too unclear to fit with the strict definition of the Genocide Convention

Snyder stated, "To see Putins genocidal drive is to help some of us understand where this war came from, where its going, and why it cant be lost."Gregory Stanton, founder and head of Genocide Watch, told the BBC that there is evidence "that the Russian army actually intends to partially destroy the Ukrainian national group", which explains the killings of civilians in addition to combatants and the military

ICJI seeks to forge a more equitable, efficient, and effective global system of criminal accountability for atrocity crimes an umbrella term that includes war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, and the crime of aggression

On 17 March 2023, following an investigation of war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, and Maria Lvova-Belova, Russian Commissioner for Childrens Rights, for the unlawful deportation and transfer of children from Ukraine to Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine