The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor Karim Khan, who has been visiting the Ukrainian town of Bucha, has said the country was “a crime scene”.
“We’re here because we have reasonable grounds to believe that crimes within the jurisdiction of the court are being committed,” he told reporters.
“We have to pierce the fog of war to get to the truth. That requires independent, impartial investigation,” he said.
He added an ICC forensic team was to begin work in the town.
Bucha is said to have been the scene of hundreds of civilian killings which Ukraine has blamed on the Russian forces which occupied it for several weeks. Russia denies responsibility for the deaths.
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