'Hallmarks of genocide' in Russian crimes across Ukraine, Ukrainian prosecutor says


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  • Tuesday, 02 Apr 2024

Ukraine's Prosecutor General, Andriy Kostin attends an interview at the ICC, where he will meet Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan, as he prepares to seek arrest warrants against Russian war crimes suspects in The Hague, Netherlands March 23, 2023. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/ File photo

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Ukraine's top prosecutor said on Tuesday that Russian crimes across occupied Ukrainian territories, including the Bucha massacres, show a pattern of genocidal behaviour that should be tried domestically and ultimately by the International Criminal Court.

Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin made the remarks during an interview with Reuters two years after the mass killing of civilians in the town of Bucha, shortly after Moscow began its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022.

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