EU seeks effective justice for 'horrific' crimes in Ukraine war

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The European Union wants swift accountability for 'horrific' crimes in Ukraine, EU justice ministers said, even as they differed over the methods in a debate about how to bring prosecutions, seek evidence or fund war damage repairs

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks with European Council President Charles Michel, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine January 19, 2023.

The ministers discussed collecting evidence as well as setting up a new international tribunal to prosecute Moscow's aggression. If past evidence is anything to go by, delivering justice is all but certain to be complex and lengthy.MH17 The effort involved in prosecuting three low-ranking individuals, who remain at large, fades in comparison to the ambition needed to prosecute President Vladimir Putin and Russia's top military brass for waging a war.

 

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What about war crimes perpetrated by Europe? NATO has been killing indiscriminately since 1945 without consequences!

This is brutal and inhumane but peace talks.. no

European union = paper tiger 🐯

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