Bombing and encircling civilians in cities, indications that cluster bombs may have been dropped. Is Russia committing war crimes in Ukraine?

Investigating possible war crimes in Ukraine

Hilary McQuilkin

Producer, On Point

Meghna Chakrabarti

Host, On Point

Andrey Goncharuk, 68, a member of territorial defense wipes his face in the backyard of a house that was damaged by a Russian airstrike, according to locals, in Gorenka, outside the capital Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 2, 2022. (Vadim Ghirda/AP)

Bombing and encircling civilians in cities, indications that cluster bombs may have been dropped. Is Russia committing war crimes in Ukraine?  

Jeffrey Edmonds, Richard Weir, Philippe Sands and Jack Beatty join Meghna Chakrabarti.

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In 1999, Putin ordered the airstrikes and bombing that razed the Chechen capital of Grozny. Could he do it again, in Ukraine?

What Putin's destruction of Grozny in 1999 means for Ukraine now

Residents of Grozny dig through rubble of destroyed buildings to salvage whole bricks to repair their destroyed houses following the siege and takeover by Russian forces this year in Grozny, May 26, 1995. (AP Photo/Sergei Karpukhin)

First Chechen War

In 1999, Putin ordered the airstrikes and bombing that razed the Chechen capital of Grozny. Could he do it again, in Ukraine? Andrew Harding, Michael Kofman and Paul Stronski join Meghna Chakrabarti.