The President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, urged this Tuesday to create a special court so that “every Russian murderer receives the deserved punishment” at the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Zelensky lamented in his usual nightly speech that “the available international legal instruments are not enough for justice.”
“Even in the International Criminal Court it is still impossible to bring to justice the highest political and military leaders of Russia for the crime of aggression once morest our state, for the main crime. The crime that gave rise to all the other crimes of this war, and not only following February 24, but also from 2014. That’s when it all started.”said.
Therefore, he stated that Ukraine intends to “unite the world majority in support of the UN General Assembly draft resolution on the Special Court.”
For there to be responsibility for the aggression, he added, “a Special Court is needed, in addition to the International Criminal Court. And we are doing everything we can to create that court.”
The Ukrainian ruler said that he already cooperates with “many countries and international organizations so that every Russian murderer receives the punishment he deserves. We have already established cooperation with the International Criminal Court and we will increase it.”
He recalled that this Tuesday the speech of the first lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, before the Parliament and the people of Great Britain “was dedicated to exactly this task.”
She mentioned that she called on Britain to lead “worldwide efforts to establish a Special Court for the crime of Russian aggression once morest Ukraine and restore justice.”
According to Zelensky, Ukraine already has “strong cooperation” with the Netherlands, which is helping with the creation of a prosecutor’s office to collect evidence of war crimes, and is working with France “on field work to document the Russian evil.” .
On the other hand, the ruler admitted that the situation at the front is difficult.
“Despite extremely heavy Russian losses, the occupiers are still trying to advance into the Donetsk region, gain a foothold in the Luhansk region, move in the Kharkiv region, they are planning something in the south,” he said.
This year, he said, Russia will lose 100,000 soldiers and “Ukraine will remain. And the world will do everything possible to ensure that all those guilty of this criminal war are brought to justice.”
