Times of London: Russian commanders ordering fire on civilians in Ukraine — on tape HotAir

This one incident in Mariupol alone is clearly a war crime involving the higher echelons of the Russian military:

A Russian commander ordered his soldiers to open fire and take out Ukrainian civilians near the besieged city of Mariupol, according to what Kyiv said was an intercepted radio conversation.

There are two people coming out of the grove in civilian [clothes], an unnamed Russian soldier says in an obscenity-strewn recording, which was made public by Ukraine s SBU security service.

He also says that a vehicle has been spotted but it is unclear whether it is civilian or military. Take them all f***ing out! his superior screams in reply, adding that it was unimportant if there were non-combatants or not at the scene. Off them all, f***! &

It also emerged yesterday that Russia s military had boasted about killing dozens of Ukrainian deserters  who fled the devastated southern city.

They re also killing captured forces, according to Russia s own media, but this looks more like an excuse to murder more civilians:

Mikhail Mizintsev, a Russian colonel general, said last month that his forces had liquidated 93 alleged fighters who had tried to escape. He said they had been wearing civilian clothes when they were killed, according to RT, the Kremlin-backed media outlet. It was unclear how the Russian army knew they were servicemen and why they were not offered the chance to surrender.

via hotair.com