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Monday, April 4, the President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced Russian abuses on civilians in towns around kyiv. He calls them war crimes. But how to prove it?
After the departure of Russian troops, dozens of corpses of civilians were discovered in Butcha (Ukraine)abandoned in the middle of the street. “These are war crimesthey will be recognized by the world as a genocide“, announced on Monday, April 4, the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky. For their part, the Russians denounce a staging.
In order to identify those responsible, the name of each victim must be found. “That is going to be extremely meticulous work. We will have to develop forensic investigations, autopsies on the bodies of the victims”says Philippe Dam, Europe coordinator of Human Rights Watch (HRW). To constitute proof of a war crime, different sources exist. “It can be listening interceptions (…) information from satellite surveillance”explains Clemence BectarteLawyer for the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH).