The question of genocide in Ukraine

While no court has yet to render a verdict on the actions of Vladimir Putin and his forces, there is mounting evidence that Russia may be guilty of major violations of global humanitarian law.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, pictured. A better way to describe what has transpired in Ukraine in the last two years is not 'an element of genocide,' but rather a 'genocide in progress,' writes David Pratt. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY DAVID PRATT

June 27, 2024

OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau deserves credit for venturing where few world leaders have dared to tread when he recently described Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine as constituting “an element of genocide.” The level of death and destructi...

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