The Russia-Ukraine War Shows No Signs of Abating. The UN Just Concluded that Moscow is Committing War Crimes.

An independent UN investigations panel concluded that Russia is committing war crimes and crimes against humanity by targeting civilian infrastructure in Ukraine.

The report, published by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, claimed that the attacks "were carried out with intent" and are consistent with Moscow's "state policy to deprive the civilian population from essential energy supplies and cause suffering."

"Russian commanders who were ordering these attacks knew that the heating facilities they targeted were indispensable to the civilian population, in particular during the winter," the report, shared with CNN, added.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said the document "confirms what Ukrainians have experienced for years: Russia's systematic attacks on civilian energy infrastructure constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity."

"As winter approaches and these attacks continue, it is time for the international community to increase pressure on Moscow, strengthen support for Ukraine, and ensure accountability for all international crimes committed in the course of Russia's aggression," he added.

The outlet added that Russian attacks reduced Ukraine's thermal power generation by 70% this past winter.

Ukraine has been grappling with deteriorating relations with the U.S. in the meantime, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying that the country is being pushed to "capitulate."

"I am not saying that this is the goal our partners are pursuing," he added, saying he did not want to believe American officials thought the war could end sooner at Ukraine's expense. "But that's how it looks."

He also said this week that the Trump administration is holding up key missiles that Europe has already paid for as relations between the two governments continue to sour.

Speaking with U.S. senators earlier this month, Zelenskyy said the Pentagon is "delaying the delivery of" Patriot missiles, which Kyiv uses to intercept Russian projectiles.

"The missiles are ready and they could already be in Ukraine," Zelenskyy added, claiming that "unfortunately, there is still no approval." A report from last week claimed that Ukraine had already ran out of Patriots.

In this context, Russian President Vladimir Putin is willing to resume trilateral talks with the U.S. and Ukraine to seek an end to the war.

Foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov said last week that Putin has agreed to renewed talks "in principle" following a meeting with President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow.

The talks would focus on "building a security system for Russia and Ukraine after the conflict ends," Ushakov claimed.