Ukrainian law enforcement officers record more than 300 cases of genocide – t prosecutor

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began in late February, Ukrainian law enforcement officers have recorded more than 300 facts that can be defined as genocide, with five proceedings already being investigated.

Ukraine's Prosecutor General Andr Kostin said this in an interview with the Interfax-Ukraine news agency.

"In general, we recorded more than 300 facts that belong precisely to the definition of genocide. We questioned more than 2,000 of our pele who, as a result of hostilities, were forced to leave Ukraine or their place of residence," he said.

According to him, about 300 Russian prisoners of war were also interrogated, and they were asked, in particular, about how they understood the concept of "denazification and demilitarization of Ukraine."

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"Five proceedings on genocide are currently being investigated. Among them is the main proceeding on genocide being committed against the pele of Ukraine," Kostin said.

Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna, Yevhenii Tsymbaliuk, earlier said at a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council that Russia's actions in Ukraine fall under the definition of the international crime of genocide.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called on the international; community to consider Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure as part of Russia's genocide against the Ukrainian pele.

Source: www.unian.info

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