Bodies of charred civilians in Bucha
only in Kyiv regionincluding the country’s capital, Ukrainian security agents already have documents and registers more than 1,200 war crimes attributed to the RussiansUkrainian Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky said on Tuesday.
“In the Kyiv region alone, we have registered more than 1,200 cases of war crimes. It’s about looting and crimes committed by orcs (as some Ukrainians call Russians) on our territories“, the minister denounced on local TV channels, the Ukrinform agency publishes.
Regarding the alleged crimes of Russian troops recorded in the areas already liberated from the Ukrainian army, Monastyrsky noted that “Investigators from the National Police, Security Service and Prosecutor’s Office are already working together to locate and record evidence and determine who may have committed these crimes.
(Photo: Franco Fafasuli)
“All (Russians) captured will be identified and made available to the Security Service of Ukraine and military authorities for law enforcement.”he underlined.
Once this process is complete “They will be transferred to the Justice Department – he specified – where they can go to court and be interrogated.”
As previously announced by the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, Iryna Vereshchukkeeps Ukraine on its territory 600 Russian prisoners captured since the Russian army invaded his country on February 24,
“If we talk about the total number (of military prisoners), it’s about 600 now. We have to set up a special camp in accordance with international law.” to accommodate them, Vereshchuk said while broadcasting the so-called Telethon, a television show jointly broadcast by local channels.
A Ukrainian soldier on a captured Russian tank (REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File)
Suspicions that the Russian army committed war crimes in Ukraine have increased after the discovery Hundreds of dead civilianssome of them handcuffed and previously tortured, in cities like Buchaafter the withdrawal of the Russian troops.
The Kiev government, various NGOs and international institutions have called for this conduct an investigation to document these possible war crimes, which Russia denies and attributes to “staging”.
(Photo: Franco Fafasuli)
UN: Bucha footage suggests deliberate killings of civilians
this tuesday, the UN office for human rights said that the images of the alleged massacre in Bucha “seem to indicate” that civilians were deliberately killed theresomething that would constitute a war crime.
“We are trying to access Bucha, we have no direct information, but what we have seen is alarming‘ said office spokeswoman Liz Throssell at a news conference.
The lifeless body of a man with his hands tied behind his back lies on the ground in Bucha, Ukraine, Sunday April 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
He emphasized that the images, which showed bodies with their hands tied or burned, could indicate that the attackers were deliberately looking for these victims, which is possible to increase the seriousness of the human rights abuses committed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, if the facts are confirmed.
“Last week High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet spoke of possible war crimes related to the bombing of civilian infrastructure, but This appears to be a direct killing of civilians“, emphasized the spokeswoman, who made it clear that the truthfulness of the pictures still had to be checked.
“Certain incidents require forensic analysis, surveillance and intelligence gathering to determine who did what,” Throssell said, noting on many occasions Responsibility “takes time”.
(With information from EFE)
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