Kyiv, Moscow Trade Accusations of War Crimes and Reprisals in Newly Recaptured Kherson

Zelensky says Ukrainian investigators have already documented 400 Russian atrocities

Civilians evacuated from the Russian-controlled city of Kherson walk from a ferry to board a bus heading to Crimea, in Russian-controlled Ukraine, on Oct. 23, 2022. Alexander Ermochenko

Following last week’s Russian withdrawal from the city of Kherson, Kyiv has accused Moscow’s forces and their local allies of having committed numerous “war crimes” before their departure.

Pro-Russian officials, for their part, claim that Ukrainian forces, which entered Kherson over the weekend, were committing “extrajudicial reprisals” against pro-Russian residents of the city.