Russian Pilots Attempted to Destroy War Crime Evidence in Ukraine

Russian pilot who conducted air strikes against Ukrainian civilians was aware that their commanders would place the blame for war crimes on them, a report suggested.

That led to many enemy pilots trying to obtain any kind of written record to help shift the responsibility to a senior Russian military commander at a potential future international tribunal.

They also paid bribes to remove their names from documents reflecting criminal orders they carried out in Ukraine, Ukrainian intelligence services said.