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The International Criminal Court said on Friday it issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes because of his alleged involvement in abductions of children from Ukraine. FRANCE 24's Fernande van Tets reports from Amsterdam.
For more on wide reports of Russian war crimes in Ukraine and the reluctance of the United States to throw their full support behind the ICC investigations, FRANCE 24 is joined by Reed Brody, ICJ Commissioner, Human Rights Lawyer / War Crimes Prosecutor, and Author of 'To Catch a Dictator'.
Ukraine is taking steps to open an office of the International Criminal Court, as Kyiv says it has registered more than 70,000 war crimes since fighting began.
More than 70,000 alleged war crimes have been reported in Ukraine since Russia invaded. In Bucha, more than 400 people were killed during the Russian occupation. War crimes investigations are opened and evidence gathered by civilians is crucial. One such civilian is Denis Davidov. He tells FRANCE 24’s Mark Owen what he saw then.
The prosecutor general of Ukraine, Andriy Kostin, told FRANCE 24 that he had identified and collected evidences of war crimes committed by the leader of Wagner mercenary group, Evgueni Prigojine.