“We want to prosecute these war criminals in our Ukrainian courts, named after Ukraine,” Venediktova said, acknowledging the role of the International Criminal Court. The comments come as the shocking atrocities in Ukraine allegedly carried out by Russian forces have intensified calls for war crimes charges against Russian President Vladimir Putin to continue. Earlier this month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for an end to Russian “war crimes” following images of at least 20 corpses strewn on a street in Ukraine. Russia has denied any involvement in the incident, saying – without evidence – that the atrocities in Bucha were organized and part of a “planned media campaign”. However, eyewitnesses who spoke to CNN said that the massacre in the city began weeks ago, when it was occupied by Russian forces, and a video depicting Russian forces appearing to shoot indiscriminately at a civilian. Venediktova said Monday that she had made several visits to Bucha, where the community “continues to exhume corpses from the mass grave”. “It’s not just war crimes. Now we can say – a lot of crimes against humanity,” he said. Scenes outside the Kiev suburbs have sparked international outrage, with Western leaders – including President Joe Biden – calling for war crimes investigations and new sanctions against Russia. The president said earlier this month that Bucharest’s images justified Putin as a “war criminal,” adding, “But we need to gather information. We need to continue to provide Ukraine with the weapons it needs to continue its struggle.” we have to get all the details so that this is real – make a war crimes trial “. The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has traveled to Ukraine to investigate, and the US Embassy in Kyiv has said in the early days of the war that certain Russian attacks constituted war crimes. Anyone charged with a crime under the jurisdiction of the court may be tried. The court judges people, not countries, and focuses on those who have the greatest responsibility: leaders and officials. However, investigations at the International Criminal Court take many years and only a few convictions have been handed down.
