Russia has committed 94,000 war crimes in Ukraine during 500 days of full-scale war, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin said on July 8, 2023.
The toll
In a statement marking 500 days since the start of the full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022, Kostin said Russian forces had killed more than 10,500 Ukrainian civilians, “including about 500 children,” Ukrinform reported.
Russia has also destroyed 115,000 civilian infrastructure facilities, including homes, schools, hospitals and energy sites, according to the Prosecutor General.
Prosecutions
Kostin said Ukrainian prosecutors had identified 353 suspects and indicted 219 people, while 53 had been convicted by Ukrainian courts.
International justice
Ukraine is working with international partners to hold Russia accountable. In March 2023, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin over the alleged unlawful deportation of Ukrainian children, and an International Centre for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine began work in The Hague in July 2023.
The UN human rights monitoring mission, which counts only cases it has verified, has said the real number of civilian casualties is likely considerably higher than confirmed figures, as information from occupied and front-line areas is delayed or unavailable.
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