Mariupol, Ukraine. Last week, the ICC deployed a team of 42 investigators, forensic experts, and support personnel to Ukraine to advance its investigations (Photo: Azov)

More EU teams needed to prosecute Ukraine war crimes

Ukraine

Opinion

by Malik Azmani, Brussels,

Putin's invasion of Ukraine has brought unprecedented atrocities not seen in Europe since the World War II. Eyewitness reports and the preliminary work of Ukrainian investigators suggest Russian military forces have committed widespread war crimes and even genocidal acts in several areas in Ukraine.

We have all recalled in horror at the sight of indiscriminate attacks, and reports of abductions, extrajudicial executions, rape and torture. Unfortunately, what we have heard so far is prob...

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Malik Azmani is a Dutch MEP and vice-president of Renew Europe.

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Mariupol, Ukraine. Last week, the ICC deployed a team of 42 investigators, forensic experts, and support personnel to Ukraine to advance its investigations (Photo: Azov)