Overview
- Counter Terrorism Policing confirmed its War Crimes Team is investigating allegations that a UK national committed war crimes linked to the Ukraine–Russia conflict.
- The probe focuses on 2022 footage that allegedly shows pigs eating the remains of Ukrainian soldiers, with audio attributed to Phillips, and a separate video of him questioning British POW Aiden Aslin.
- Investigators are liaising with the Crown Prosecution Service, and the Met says the case remains active without any arrests or cautioned interviews so far.
- The material under review has been handed to the War Crimes Team, which is assessing potential breaches of the Geneva Conventions on treatment of the dead and prisoners.
- Phillips, who was sanctioned by the UK in 2022 and is reported to be in Russian-controlled territory, denies wrongdoing and says police have not contacted him; if charged, he would be the first Briton tried for war crimes linked to this conflict.