Section: Investigations
International Criminal Court will investigate Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s power grid
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Karim Khan noted that the International Criminal Court intends to investigate Russian missile and drone attacks on the energy infrastructure of Ukraine. He said this during the meeting with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy on February 28, 2023, in Kyiv. Source: The Prosecutor of...
Ukraine identified 91 Russian soldiers involved in crimes in the Kyiv region
Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin reported on February 22, 2023, that the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine identified 91 Russian servicemen who committed crimes in Bucha, the Kyiv region. Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin told US Congressmen about this during the meeting. Source: Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Andriy...
Ukraine and its partners are investigating the crimes of Russian troops in 3 directions
The Prosecutor General of Ukraine Andriy Kostin noted on February 7, 2023, that the Prosecutor General’s Office, together with international partners are investigating crimes committed by Russian troops in Ukraine in three main areas: the crime of aggression, the crime of genocide, and war crimes. Source: The Prosecutor General of Ukraine...
The problem is not in sexology. Why Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy should fire the newly appointed ambassador to Bulgaria
At the end of December, the internal chats of Ukrainian diplomats were heated. Employees of embassies and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs exchanged rumors about Olesya Ilashchuk, the new ambassador of Ukraine to Bulgaria. On Sunday, December 25, 2022, information about this also reached the mass media and Telegram channels, and “European...
European Court of Human Rights found that Russia occupied Ukrainian Donbas since 2014
The European Court of Human Rights decided on January 25, 2023, that the territories in the east of Ukraine captured by Russian troops were under the jurisdiction of the Russian Federation from May 11, 2014, until at least January 26, 2022. Source: The European Court of Human Rights “Among other things, the Court found that areas in eastern...
More than 51,000 criminal proceedings on Russian crimes were initiated in Ukraine
Ihor Klymenko, the head of the National Police of Ukraine noted on December 24, 2022, that the National Police of Ukraine initiated more than 51,000 criminal proceedings on the facts of crimes committed by Russian military and their accomplices in Ukraine during the large-scale invasion of the Russian Federation. Source: Ihor Klymenko, the head...
Great Britain will train Ukrainian judges to conduct war crime trials for Russian troops
UK Attorney General Victoria Prentis noted on December 14, 2022, that Great Britain would provide training for 90 Ukrainian judges to further conduct trials involving Russia’s war crimes during the war against Ukraine. Source: UK Attorney General Victoria Prentis “It would ensure perpetrators of atrocities can – at an...
International group of lawyers collected evidence of Russian war crimes in Kherson
An international team of legal advisors from Global Rights Compliance, headquartered in The Hague, is cooperating with the local prosecutor’s office in liberated Kherson in the south of Ukraine to collect evidence of war crimes committed by Russian troops. Lawyers’ visit to Kherson runs from December 8 to December 10, 2022. Source:...
UN has documented 441 killings of Ukrainian civilians by Russian troops in 3 regions of Ukraine
The Head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, Matilda Bogner said on December 7, 2022, that Russia has killed 441 civilians in Kyiv, Chernihiv, and Sumy regions of Ukraine in just the first six weeks of the war. Source: The Head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, Matilda Bogner The UN report, prepared based on...
Investigative team from the Netherlands collected evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine
The Ministry of Defense of the Netherlands noted on December 3, 2022, that the Dutch forensic team of approximately 40 people has been working in Ukraine for the past weeks. It investigated war crimes committed by the Russian military. The investigators returned home with evidence that will be handed over to the Prosecutor’s Office of the...