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What a U.N. team has seen while documenting possible war crimes in Ukraine

"Unfortunately, the longer this conflict goes on, the more violations we're finding," says the head of a
Blood is seen on a sidewalk in a residential area following shelling in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, on Wednesday.

U.N. investigators say they've recorded nearly 3,000 civilian deaths in Ukraine.

Russia has been accused of committing war crimes there and some world leaders, including President Biden and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy, have accused Russia of genocide. Since the war began, international groups have been working to document the carnage.

"Unfortunately, the longer this conflict goes on, the more violations we're finding," says Matilda Bogner, the head of a U.N. team of investigators documenting

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