Russian war crimes in Ukraine will not go unpunished — EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders
EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders has vowed that war crimes in Ukraine would be criminally prosecuted and that atrocities committed during the Russian invasion will not go unpunished.
Reynders told the Italian daily La Stampa on May 21, 2022, that 11 EU member states were investigating war crimes in Ukraine, with more than 600 suspects identified so far.
Reynders said investigations were proceeding in Ukraine and other European countries with testimony from people who fled the violence.
He cautioned that evidence of war crimes must be collected correctly or else, “if you were to include false information or fake news, it would be a disaster.”
Ukraine has accused Russia of committing atrocities during its unprovoked invasion and said it had identified more than 10,000 possible war crimes.
