Poland setting up center for documenting Russian war crimes in Ukraine

This was stated by Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau, who spoke at a joint press conference with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Rzeszow (southeast of Poland), an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

According to Rau, Warsaw is setting up a center for documenting Russia's war crimes in Ukraine and is counting on cooperation with the United States.

"Based on its painful experience of the past, Poland will consistently demand prosecution for war criminals. It is a matter of shared memory, our shared responsibility," Rau said.

He called for an end to Russia's hostilities in Ukraine during talks between the Ukrainian and Russian delegations.

Rau stressed that, as chairman in office of the OSCE, he called for the creation of humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of civilians from besieged cities.

"Russia's aggression in Ukraine has led to a huge humanitarian crisis. It is our responsibility to help hundreds of thousands and, possibly, soon millions of refugees,” Rau said.

He stressed that the actions of Russia, which has been attacking civilian infrastructure, terrorizing the population, and shooting at nuclear power plants and civilian cars, is a pervasive violation of multiple international norms. The top diplomat called on Russia to abide by humanitarian law and to ban further attacks on civilians.

"All actions of the Russian side should be taken into account during future talks," he said.

The Polish minister stressed that Warsaw never recognizes any altering of borders, caused by Russia's aggression in Ukraine.

The war with Russian invaders has been going on in Ukraine since February 24.