Every day at least four Ukrainian children die and another seven are injured or wounded by russian soldiers

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Every day at least four Ukrainian children die and another seven are injured or wounded by russian soldiers

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Published on 06 April 2022, at 20:20

"Every day at least four Ukrainian children die and another seven are injured or wounded by russian soldiers, which often leads to disability," said Oleksiy Symonenko, Deputy Prosecutor General, speaking at a roundtable on "Political and legal consequences of russia's crimes against Ukraine” organised by the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Foreign Policy and Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation.

The Deputy Prosecutor General also said that a total of about 12,000 criminal proceedings have been registered for war crimes committed by the aggressor country.

Oleksiy Symonenko stressed that the Prosecutor General's Office has opened almost 300 criminal proceedings on the facts of illegal imprisonment or kidnapping committed by the invader. Based on the facts of rape committed by russian soldiers, 6 criminal proceedings have been officially opened and there is also one suspect. "But there are many more such facts. On the facts of violence against the civil population there are dozens of criminal proceedings and almost 30 suspects," the Deputy Attorney General said.

He also noted that Ukraine was supported by 41 countries, upon having applied to the International Criminal Court.

According to Oleksiy Symonenko, 17 memoranda of cooperation and cooperation for the investigation of war crimes with the prosecutor's offices of other countries have been prepared and another 8 have been signed as of today.

Anton Korynevych, Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, added to the crimes against humanity and war crimes committed by russia in Ukraine since 2014, the crime of genocide - the worst crime against international law, crime of the crimes.

"We will definitely use all possible mechanisms to bring russia to international legal responsibility as a state and to bring the military and political leadership of russia to individual criminal responsibility for the atrocities committed by these villains against the people of Ukraine and our state," said Anton Korynevych.