Authorities investigating over 13,000 reports of war crimes, official says
Ukraine’s prosecutor general Iryna Venediktova said Monday that her country has opened more than 13,000 investigations into suspected war crimes committed by the Russian government and military.
In a live conversation with The Washington Post, Venediktova said the reports include allegations of rape, killings and torture all across Ukraine, in areas under attack or under occupation of Russian troops. Every day, authorities receive up to 300 additional reports of war crimes, she said.
Venediktova said the verdict Monday of Ukraine’s first war crimes trial that found Sgt. Vadim Shishimarin guilty of killing an unarmed civilian, should serve as an example for Russians that Ukrainian authorities will prosecute all those responsible for committing atrocities in Ukraine.
“If they decide to do such atrocities, to kill, to rape, to loot, to torture, we will find everyone …,” she said.
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