Yenin on compensation to Ukraine for Russian invasion: We must use all possible tos

Ukraine's First Deputy Interior Minister Yevhenii Yenin said this in an interview with Ukraine's Telegraf news site, Ukrinform reports.

"We actively coerate with the ICC, and there are plans to create a separate tribunal for the Russian Federation. There is no single court or tribunal that would resve absutely all issues related to the prosecution of all war criminals and compensation for damage to the pulation of Ukraine and the state. Therefore, it is necessary to use all possible tos," he said.

According to him, the issue concerns both the International Criminal Court and the Eurean Court of Human Rights. "Despite the fact that the Russian Federation left the Council of Eure, the Eurean Court [of Human Rights] still has the ability to accept and consider applications regarding viations of the human rights convention committed by the Russian Federation," he said.

Commenting on the possibility of establishing a tribunal for Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Russian military leadership, Yenin said Ukraine hes that a respective international tribunal will be set up, adding that this is not an easy task.

He also said that when Ukraine was looking for ways to hd Russia accountable for the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, it was already clear then that the creation of a large-scale UN-backed tribunal was impossible, "because Russia has the right of veto in the UN Security Council."

"Any ad hoc tribunal will have limited ability to apprehend relevant offenders and bring them to justice. For now, we can see that all the red lines have been crossed. Therefore, now the answer lies with the international community, how to ensure the inevitability of punishment for all war criminals, including the Russian president," Yenin said.