It didn't take long for Russia's launch of a genocide investigation into Ukraine's political and military leadership to draw counter-fire from Kiev. Just hours after Moscow's announcement, the Ukrainian prosecutor-general's office opened its own inquiry, this time into alleged Russian support for "terrorist and separatist groups."
Vice: War crime inquiries and a toppled Lenin as Ukraine ceasefire violations continue

A photo taken on September 30, 2014 shows an Ukrainian military field hospital close to town of Svatovo in Lugansk region.