Trump’s Summit with Putin Is Not Peace. It’s Collaboration in War Crimes.

RKSL

The Frontline

Aug 10, 2025

On the eve of Donald Trump welcoming Russia’s genocidal leader, Vladimir Putin, onto American soil, there are credible press reports that his team is negotiating a deal to give Russia not only Ukrainian land, but the Ukrainian people who live there. Ukrainian land and lives are not his to trade away. It is an act of betrayal to deliver entire communities into the same machinery of atrocity that has bombed cities, abducted children, raped civilians, starved towns, and executed prisoners. Before anyone buys the lie that this is a road to “peace,” the world must remember the crimes Russia has committed and continues to commit every single day in Ukraine

Russia’s War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity in Ukraine – a partial list

War crimes

1. Targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure
2. a) Bombing residential areas, hospitals, schools, shopping centers, shelters, and cultural landmarks.
3. b) Strikes on clearly civilian sites such as the Mariupol Drama Theater and the Kramatorsk train station.
4. c) Systematic destruction of Ukraine’s power grid, water systems, and heating in the middle of winter.
5. Massacres and executions
6. a) Summary executions, torture, and mass graves in towns such as Bucha and Izium.
7. b) Killings documented in multiple liberated areas after Russian retreats.
8. Torture and inhumane treatment
9. a) Torture chambers in occupied areas.
10. b) Electric shocks, beatings, mutilation, mock executions, and forced confessions.
11. c) Psychological torment, including threats against family members.
12. Rape and sexual violence as weapons
13. a) Rape and mutilation of women, men, and children, including castration of men
14. b) Sexual violence used to terrorize entire communities and force displacements
15. Deportation and forced displacement
16. a) Mass deportation of civilians—especially children—to Russia.
17. b) Separation of families and placement of children with Russian families.
18. c) Filtration camps leading to detention, disappearance, or coerced relocation.
19. Use of prohibited or indiscriminate weapons
20. a) Cluster munitions, thermobaric bombs, and white phosphorus in civilian areas.
21. b) Land-mining of fields, homes, and roads.
22. Attacks on humanitarian corridors and aid workers
23. a) Strikes on evacuation convoys and aid facilities.
24. b) Blocking humanitarian aid to besieged cities.
25. Sieges and starvation tactics
26. a) Starvation, dehydration, and denial of medical care during sieges.
27. b) Blocking safe evacuation routes.
28. Kidnapping and executions of officials and activists
29. a) Abductions of mayors, teachers, journalists, clergy, and civic leaders.
30. b) Targeted killings of pro-Ukraine figures in occupied zones.
31. Destruction of cultural heritage
32. a) Attacks on churches, museums, archives, and historic landmarks.
33. b) Systematic destruction of Ukrainian books, libraries, and cultural symbols.
34. Weaponizing nuclear facilities
35. a) Military occupation of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant.
36. b) Using the plant as a shield, risking radiological disaster.
37. Forced conscription in occupied areas
38. a) Coercing residents to serve in Russian forces in violation of international law.
39. Human shields
40. a) Positioning troops and equipment near schools, hospitals, and residential buildings.

Crimes against humanity

1. Genocide and ethnic cleansing
2. a) Mass murder, rape, forced deportations, and destruction of Ukrainian identity.
3. b) Forced Russification of education, language, and governance.
4. c) Population transfers to replace Ukrainians with Russians.
5. Execution and abuse of prisoners of war
6. a) Killings of POWs after surrender.
7. b) Beheadings and executions filmed for propaganda.
8. State-directed trafficking and re-education of children
9. a) Abduction of thousands of Ukrainian children.
10. b) Forced adoptions, name changes, and “re-education” to erase identity.
11. c) International arrest warrants issued for these crimes.
12. Terror and psychological warfare
13. a) Indiscriminate attacks to terrorize civilians.
14. b) Propaganda campaigns to dehumanize Ukrainians.
15. Weaponization of winter
16. a) Strikes on energy infrastructure to freeze civilians.
17. b) Cutting food, water, and heat during peak cold.
18. Targeting journalists
19. a) Assassinations, abductions, and intimidation of journalists.
20. b) Persecution of those documenting Russian crimes.
21. Ecocide and environmental destruction
22. a) Blowing up the Kakhovka Dam, flooding communities, and devastating ecosystems.
23. b) Burning oil depots and industrial sites, poisoning air and water.
24. c) Mining farmland on a massive scale.

The crime of aggression and related offenses

1. a) Planning, preparing, and waging a war of aggression.
2. b) Cyberattacks, sabotage, and disinformation aimed at Ukraine and its allies.
3. c) Black Sea blockade and destruction of grain routes to create global food insecurity.

Russia’s war is a systematic program to erase a nation and its people. Handing over Ukrainian territory means handing over the people who live there to that same system. It rewards genocide,

buys Russia the time it needs to rebuild its offensive capacity, and ensures the war will return. If America still stands for liberty and democracy, it cannot stand with Vladimir Putin.