Ukraine says it identified 511 war crime suspects, convicted 81


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  • Thursday, 29 Feb 2024

FILE PHOTO: Workers demolish a building, which was destroyed in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict, in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, December 24, 2022. REUTERS/Pavel Klimov/File Photo

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine has identified 511 people suspected of war crimes since Russia's Feb. 2022 invasion and has already handed down 81 convictions, its prosecutor general said in Kyiv on Thursday.

Andriy Kostin was speaking at a war crimes conference alongside the chief prosecutors of Poland, Lithuania, Romania and the President of the EU justice arm, Eurojust.

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