In a press conference on Tuesday, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova said that Ukraine has identified more than 600 Russian war crimes suspects and has begun prosecuting about 80 of them.
Venediktova spoke with International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim Khan and other counterparts after a meeting in The Hague to discuss investigations into alleged war crimes in Ukraine.
She said high-ranking military officials, politicians and “propaganda agents of the Russian Federation” were among the more than 600 Russian suspects.
Venediktova said the investigation was complicated by the fact that the fighting is still ongoing.
Estonia, Latvia and Slovakia have joined the international team investigating alleged war crimes in Ukraine, which was originally formed by Ukraine, Lithuania and Poland on March 21st to enable the exchange of information and resources, said Venediktova.