Ukraine has identified more than 600 Russian war crimes suspects and is already prosecuting around 80 of them. That’s what Kiev’s chief prosecutor, Iryna Venediktova, said today at a news conference in The Hague.
The list of suspects includes “Russia’s top military, political and propaganda agents”. The attorney general also said that Estonia, Latvia and Slovakia had decided to join an international investigation team in Ukraine. In total, Ukraine has launched investigations into more than 15,000 war crimes cases.
In The Hague, prosecutors from Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania and the International Criminal Court discussed the status of investigations into alleged war crimes. The prosecutors belong to a joint investigation team. Latvia, Estonia and Slovakia are now also part of the party. The work is coordinated by the EU judicial authority Eurojust.
At Eurojust, evidence and witness statements must now be stored in a central database. All participating countries must have access. Shortly after the Russian invasion on February 24, Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania assembled a joint investigation team. A month later, the International Criminal Court also joined.