Venislavsky: Sentences to Russian soldiers could be evidence for tribunal on Russian aggression

05.06.2022 18:55

Ukrinform

Fedir Venislavsky, a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, believes that the sentences passed by Ukrainian courts to Russian servicemen may be evidence of the participation of specific servicemen in unleashing and waging war against Ukraine at the future tribunal.

The politician posted his opinion on the Telegram channel of the Verkhovna Rada.

"And when we talk about the sentences that are already being passed to Russian servicemen in Ukraine, this may be one of the proofs, one of the facts that testify to the participation of specific servicemen in this international crime, unleashing and waging the war," Venislavsky noted.

He added that the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine had amended the Criminal Procedure Code, in particular by adding a separate section on cooperation between Ukrainian law enforcement agencies and representatives of the International Criminal Court in recording the war crimes for future use in the International Criminal Court. "And we should hope for the initiative, which was supported by the European Parliament, initiated by our Western partners, to create a separate special international tribunal like the Nuremberg tribunal, which will investigate the crimes of aggression," he added.

In May, Kyiv’s Solomyansky District Court sentenced Russian serviceman Vadim Shishimarin to life in prison for killing a civilian in Sumy region.

Two Russian servicemen, Oleksandr Bobykin and Oleksandr Ivanov, who had been firing on Kharkiv region from Grad launchers, were sentenced to 11 years and 6 months in prison.