Will Putin face justice? Here’s how to build a case war crimes have been committed in Ukraine
. Doing so would illustrate a conspiracy among the Kremlin’s ringleaders to commit international crimes. But that won’t be easy. Neither Mr. Putin nor those in his inner circle have stepped foot in Ukraine during the war.To its great shame, the West has failed to draw a line on Russia’s invasion
There have also been widespread reports of hundreds of Russian officers being detained as prisoners of war . Some areagainst Mr. Putin’s war. While investigators need to be sensitive, these POWs could be interviewed and provide evidence against those giving them orders. This is particularly true if senior-level figures are among the prisoners.
Finding evidence of intent is difficult. Cases such as the Holocaust and Rwanda were somewhat straightforward, as both the Nazis and the Hutus were blatant about their genocidal intentions. In Ukraine, some rhetoric, including Mr. Putin’s belief that the country is a historical fiction and Moscow’s ominous mission of “de-Nazification,” might be used as signals of genocidal intent.
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