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To surrender, rather than take them into custody. if true, this would be a violation of core principles of the laws of war. the prohibition against the summary execution of civilians and of combatants by virtue of surrender, injury, or other forms of inkapsation. these images and reports suggest atrocities are not the result of rogue units or individuals. they rather reveal a deeply disturbing pattern of systemic abuse across all areas where russia's forces are engaged. >> simple message to russia's political leadership, she said, is this. the world is watching. which brings us now to cnn's ni...

Difficult to verify. but we know that many tens of thousands have been deliberately targeted by russia. mayor of mariupol told us just in that city, 20,000 people have been killed. the u.n. is documented the unlawful killing including by summary execution of some-50 civilians so far in the town of bucha. i am sure you have seen some of the images from there. in the early weeks of the war, we met yana and her three children, in an evacuation center here in lviv. they had just fled bucha. they had to hide in their basement more than a week, then leave their husband and mother behind. well, they ...

Century. mass killing and mass graves. that's where we are. the mayor of mariupol calls all of this evidence of war crimes. i spoke to him early this morning, and he told me more than 20,000 people have died in his city. 20,000. and u.n. human rights officers just announced they have documented the unlawful killing of approximately 50 people in bucha, a suburb of kyiv, including some by summary execution. meantime, president biden says the war is entering a critical window. he has announced an $800 million weapons package, the second in just over a week. the focus, heavy artillery and drones...

Deaths since the beginning of the russian invasion, including, it says, the unlawful killing including by summary execution of some 50 civilians in the town of bucha. in the early weeks of this war, we met a family from bucha, yana at an evacuation center in lviv. you can see them there. at the time, we knew bucha was a scene of violence but not the scene of alleged war crimes as we know now. we kept in touch with them and we managed to catch up with them after they made their way safely to spain including with their husband who was able to leave the country because he has three children. an e...

Troops about to prosecute the fight in eastern ukraine, whatever you heard from your fellow troops and commanders about what happened in bucha, you may do the same in eastern ukraine and you will be rewarded. it is chilling. we already knew that they were going to be doing some sort of what they call filtration of the men in the towns that they take over to see if any of them were fighters, but this is a green light to summary execution, torture, and indiscriminate shelling and bombing of areas with civilians living in them. >> with that context, general, let me bring to you what we heard from...