The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, and the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak called for support for the creation of an international tribunal for the political leadership of Russia on September 5, 2022.
Source: European Parliament President Roberta Metsola and the head of the President’s Office of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak
Punishment for the crime of aggression against Ukraine should be borne not only by the perpetrators but also by the top management of the Russian Federation.
“Without justice, without punishment for the aggressor, the world will not be free. Fear will reign over him. And from this fear evil will become stronger. Therefore, the world needs justice,” Yermak said, speaking online at the Russian War Crimes exhibition, which is on display in Brussels.
The Ukrainian military has recorded more than 45,000 crimes related to Russia’s aggression, more than 31,000 of them – military since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion.
380 children died and more than 700 were injured at the hands of the occupiers. 284 educational institutions were completely destroyed by Russian shelling, and 2,461 educational institutions were damaged.
And after the liberation of each new Ukrainian city or village, new tragedies may open up to the world.
“All war crimes have specific perpetrators – those who gave and executed criminal orders. But the main perpetrators are those who started this war. The fact of the largest armed aggression in Europe since 1945 should receive a fair assessment from the world, as it was during the Nuremberg and Tokyo tribunals after the end of the Second World War,” added Andriy Yermak.
For her part, Roberta Metsola said that the brutality of the war in Ukraine exceeds all possible limits.
“Ukrainians are suffering for the sake of freedom of entire Europe. Therefore, Europe will help you to the last. And we, like you, demand that Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko be brought to justice. Because autocracy is not something we in Europe can return to. Therefore, we will do everything possible to stop it,” said the President of the European Parliament.
Ukraine initiated and has been working for almost six months on the creation of a special international tribunal that will try all the highest leaders of the Russian Federation for military aggression against our state.
Proving the fact of the crime of aggression against Ukraine will be the basis for a sentence – long imprisonment up to life imprisonment.
At the same time, Ukraine actively cooperates with the International Criminal Court in The Hague. According to the head of the President’s Office of Ukraine, the creation of a special international tribunal regarding the crime of Russian aggression against Ukraine will complement the work of this court.
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