The French anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office announced Wednesday that it is investigating Tuesday’s death in Ukraine as a possible war crime. of the journalist from AFP Arman Soldin.
Soldin, 32, died when a group of reporters from AFP The one with which he was together with Ukrainian troops was bombarded with Grad missiles near Chasiv Yar, in the Donbas basin (eastern Ukraine).
The investigation will be carried out by the Central Office for the Fight against Crimes against Humanity and Hate Crimes (OCLCH)which will try to determine the circumstances of the death of the reporter, coordinator of the AFP camera team in the coverage of the war in Ukraine.
Soldin is at least the eleventh journalist, guide or driver of journalists killed in Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion on February 24, 2022, according to a record by the specialized NGOs Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Committee for the Protection of Journalists (CPJ).
The National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor’s Office (Pnat, for its acronym in French) has jurisdiction over crimes against humanity and war crimes.
77,000 war crimes committed by Russian troops
Ukraine registered so far 77,500 war crimes committed by Russian forces in their territory, for which It already has accused more than 300 peopleand will try to show that it is a “act of genocide”, reported last April a source from the Attorney General.
“We consider the crimes committed by the Russian invaders against the Ukrainian people from the perspective of genocide. As of today, we have already registered 77,500 war crimes in Ukraine”, assured Yuriy Belousov, a senior prosecutor who deals with war crimes, according to the local agency ukrinform.
According to the Office of the Attorney General, “These crimes are united by the unbridled desire of the Russian leadership to destroy Ukraine as an independent country, and to the Ukrainians, as a separate independent nation”.
And it is from this angle, Belousov added, that they are trying to analyze “these murders committed by the Russian Federation in Ukraine, acts of torture and sexual violence.”
According to the prosecutor, the latest video showing the execution of a possible Ukrainian soldier “is more than just a crime, it is part of the general criminal landscape, a manifestation of the real attitude of Russians towards Ukrainians.”
“They want to physically destroy us. That is why I hope that Ukraine will be able to prove the crime of genocide in domestic courts. and international”, he insisted.
(With information from AFP)
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