As Russia's war in Ukraine approaches another year, legal experts and investigators say the Kremlin's conduct increasingly appears to defy the most fundamental laws of armed conflict.

"Operations seem to be launched with the goal of maximizing the civilian harm, rather than minimizing the civilian harm, which is what the laws of war demand," said Beth Van Schaack, the former U.S. ambassador-at-large for global criminal justice.

A strategy of attrition

Van Schaack, who recently led U.S. support for Ukraine's war-crimes investigations, told 60 Minutes that Russia's pattern of attacks suggests an intent to erode Ukrainian morale by inflicting widespread suffering.

"It's an effort to ultimately win the war by virtue of wearing down the Ukrainian people, whose resoluteness has been remarkab

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