How Russia will be held responsible for the war crimes in Ukraine

Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine continues. Today is the 90th day of heroic resistance of Ukrainians to Russian aggression.

According to the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Russia has committed 13,516 crimes of aggression and war crimes on the territory of Ukraine as of May 24. Suspicions of more than 620 representatives of the military-political leadership of the Russian Federation in the “main case” have been announced. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, 234 children have died.

On May 23, 2022, the court convicted Sergeant Vadim Shishimarin, the first Russian serviceman, commander of Unit 32010 of the 4th Kantemirov Panzer Division of the Moscow Region, for the premeditated murder of a civilian in the Sumy Region. He received a life sentence for Russian Sergeant Vadim Shishimarin.

We will talk about how the state of Russia will be brought to justice for the crimes committed in Ukraine if Flames #75.

Speakers:

  • Kateryna Rashevska, lawyer of the Regional Center for Human Rights
  • Mykola Khavroniuk, member of the board of the Centre for policy of Legal Reforms, Professor at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
  • Oleksii Plotnikov, PhD, international legal expert, officer of the Territorial Defence Forces
  • Masha Stolbova, International Lawyer.

UKRAINE IN FLAMES project is created by Ukraine Crisis Media CenterUkrainian Catholic University’s analitical center and NGO “Euroatlantic Course”.  We are aiming at searching a loud support for Ukraine in the war started by Russia on the 24th of February 2022.

If you want to support Ukraine against Russian aggression, check the link with recommendations by Ukraine Crisis Media Center – https://uacrisis.org/en/help-ukraine.

NGO Euroatlantic Course collects donations to support Ukrainian Army and civilians – https://eac.org.ua/en/main-page/.