Most productions concern violations of the laws and customs of war.
Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, investigators of the National Police of Ukraine have initiated 49,219 criminal proceedings against the Russian military.
As the press service of the National Police reports, proceedings have been opened based on the facts of crimes committed on the territory of Ukraine, primarily violations of the laws and customs of war.
It was under Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine that the largest number of proceedings were opened – 37,699.
Cases of:
- encroachment on the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine (Article 110 of the Criminal Code), 9,134 proceedings;
- collaborative activities (Article 111-1 of the Criminal Code), 2198 proceedings;
- treason (Article 111 of the Criminal Code), 103 proceedings;
- sabotage (Article 113 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine), 37 proceedings.
Trial for Russian war criminals
During the full-scale war in Ukraine, the Russian military systematically committed war crimes. Confirmation of this (torture, evidence of mass atrocities and deportations) is found in all de-occupied territories of Ukraine. Reports of international organizations also confirm the atrocities of the occupiers. Amnesty International has accused Russia of a crime against humanity and has declared the forced displacement, deportation and filtering of civilians in the occupied territories of Ukraine. And the UN named Russia responsible for the vast majority of war crimes committed in the first weeks of the full-scale war.
Ukraine is working in cooperation with foreign partners to create a special international tribunal to bring Russians to justice. At the beginning of December, the National Assembly of France – the lower house of the parliament – adopted a “very powerful” resolution in support of Ukraine and approved the creation of a special tribunal for the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and his closest circle for war crimes in Ukraine.
