Ukrainians who suffered from Russian war crimes shared their stories today at the fourth meeting of national security advisers on the Ukrainian Peace Formula, Prosecutor-General Andriy Kostin has said on the air of the news telethon.
"It is important that the voices of Ukrainians who suffered from Russia's war crimes were heard here today. One of them is a 16-year-old boy from Bucha. The Russian military killed his father right in front of him. A nurse from Kyiv Region who was sexually abused by a Russian soldier also spoke," he said.
Kostin also said that cases opened over these crimes are already being heard in Ukrainian courts. So far, the Russians have already been issued 77 sentences.
"Despite the fact that the war has been going on for almost two years and 120,000 enemy war crimes have been documented, the stories of people who have survived it still shock both our partners and ourselves," the prosecutor-general added.
Kostin also spoke about the comprehensive accountability framework that is being developed to ensure that Russia is punished for all its international crimes.
It consists of five key components:
- ensuring effective investigations at the national level,
- ensuring accountability for the crime of aggression,
- strategic partnership with institutions in the field of international law,
- cooperation with partner countries
- ensuring that Russia pays compensation to Ukraine and the Ukrainian people.