The Hague, Netherlands — International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said Friday that a “broad range” of war crimes were committed in Ukraine since 2014, as she pushed for a full investigation.
Hague-based ICC prosecutors launched a preliminary probe in 2015 after Kiev gave it the green light to probe alleged crimes committed during the pro-EU Maidan demonstrations, which came to a head in February 2014 when pro-Moscow president Viktor Yanukovic was ousted.
Ukraine, which is not an ICC member state, later gave Bensouda permission to broaden her scope and go beyond February 2014 to include the deadly conflict that has since wracked the country’s east.
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