Izyum war crime

Czech Republic calls for ‘special international tribunal’ for war crimes

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Ukrainian forces after the Russians withdrawal from Izium. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

The Czech Republic, who currently hold the EU presidency, have called for a “special international tribunal” after a mass grave was discovered in Izium, a town in north-eastern Ukraine.

More than 440 bodies have been discovered by Ukrainian officials, with some found with their hands tied behind their backs.

Volodymyr Zelenskiy invoked the names of other Ukrainian cities where authorities said retreating Russian troops left behind mass graves of civilians, Associated Press reported.

“Bucha, Mariupol, now, unfortunately, Izium,” Ukraine’s president said. “Russia leaves death everywhere. And it must be held accountable for it.”

In a series of tweets on Saturday, Jan Lipavský, the Czech Republic’s minister of foreign affairs said:

Russia left behind mass graves of hundreds of shot and tortured people in the Izyum area. In the 21st century, such attacks against the civilian population are unthinkable and abhorrent. We must not overlook it. We stand for the punishment of all war criminals. #StandwithUkraine

I call for the speedy establishment of a special international tribunal that will prosecute the crime of aggression.

(source: theguardian.com)

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