Ukrainian Prosecutor Normal Andriy Kostin announced Friday on the War Crimes Conference 2024, a day earlier than the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, that Ukraine is within the strategy of investigating 120,000 potential Russian warfare crimes.
Kostin spoke with Reuters on the convention in Berlin, affirming that Ukraine has “recognized already 511 perpetrators” and “already [has] 80 convictions in Ukrainian Courts.” Following the convention, Kostin launched an announcement by way of X (previously referred to as Twitter) concerning the “Herculean activity” of investigating some 120,000 warfare crimes. He acknowledged:
We have now no fatigue. We have now solely optimism and willpower. Our key rules to cope with the challenges are prioritizing circumstances, making use of trendy instruments and applied sciences, and cooperating with worldwide justice mechanisms and associate states. Perpetrators should not go unpunished, no matter their ranks and positions. Ukrainian courts are contemplating circumstances in opposition to 12 Russian generals. And there can be extra.
The German Federal Ministry of Justice hosted the worldwide convention. Alongside Kostin, the convention was attended by German Minister of Justice Marco Buschmann, Polish Minister of Justice Professor Adam Bodnar, US authorities representatives and others. In his speech on the convention, Buschmann affirmed Germany’s assist of Ukraine, commenting, “When weapons communicate, the regulation doesn’t stay silent.” He promised that Germany would strengthen its human rights legal guidelines and cooperate with Ukraine.
The convention befell shortly earlier than the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Different worldwide responses got here from the US and UK, with each introducing extra sanctions in opposition to Russia.
