Amnesty International accused Russian Armed Forces of committing war crimes in Syria. In its report the organization stated that Russian aerial bombardments hit numerous civilian facilities, including residence buildings, mosques, shops, and medical facilities. International and human rights organizations repeatedly informed of the facts that RuAF deliberately attacked civilians and rescue teams, and also used different air-delivered munitions prohibited by international law, such as unguided missiles, cluster and bunker bombs (Betab-500), to target residence areas. During the recent meeting of the UN Security Council (Sept. 25, 2016, New York) official representatives of the U.S., UK, France and other countries sharply criticized Russian actions in Syria stressing that bombardments of civilian population were barbaric.

That said, it is obviously not enough to just list the facts and call them war crimes. No matter how often the UN Security Council gathers, press-conferences are held and deep concern is expressed, the criminal will go unpunished until his name is not called out loud and his degree of guilt is not clearly defined and proven.

Responsibility for war crimes and genocide of the Syrian people can not be depersonalized, because this will let the criminals avoid punishment. Justice can only be achieved if everyone who gave orders, who delivered the munitions to targets and who dropped the bombs, is identified and held personally liable.