India, Oct. 27 -- Russia committed war crimes by deliberately targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure, leaving millions of civilians without electricity and heating during freezing winter conditions, a UN-backed commission of inquiry reportedly said on Monday.

The commission also concluded that the attacks amounted to crimes against humanity, citing the immense suffering inflicted on civilians as Russian strikes disrupted essential services across Ukraine, the Associated Press reported.

Presenting the findings, commission chair Erik Mose, a former Norwegian judge, said the attacks had exposed civilians to severe hardship, with power cuts leaving elderly people unable to use elevators to reach shelters during missile and drone attacks ...