ANALYSIS: Prosecuting Putin for abducting Ukrainian children will require a high bar of evidence — and won't guarantee they can return
The Ukrainian government and Donetsk People's Republic, a Ukrainian breakaway region occupied by Russians, have prosecuted and convicted both Russian and Ukrainian soldiers for war crimes since February 2022.
I investigate cases in which law enforcement, military and police are alleged to have committed crimes against civilians without accountability. Crime scene investigators like me generally do not determine whether a war crime was committed. That is a decision reserved for the prosecutor or a judge who is given the evidence.Considering this war is fought between Ukrainians and Russians — but involves other countries like the United States — any independent effort to investigate war crimes will raise questions of credibility.
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