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During the annual meeting of heads of Ukraine’s foreign diplomatic missions, there was a discussion of concrete decisions aimed at accelerating Russia’s legal and financial accountability for all its crimes against the Ukrainian people. As Hlavkom reports, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Iryna Mudra announced this on Facebook on 5 August.
According to Iryna Mudra, the issue of Russia’s international responsibility remains one of the main directions of Ukrainian diplomacy, especially after the latest massive attack on Kyiv.
“Last night Russia again attacked Ukraine with ballistic missiles. The enemy launched more than 30 missiles at Kyiv alone. 17 Ukrainians were killed. Civil infrastructure was destroyed. That is why the question of justice for Ukraine is not about the future. It is about today,” she emphasized.
Thus, Iryna Mudra said at the annual meeting of the heads of Ukraine’s foreign diplomatic missions that by the end of the year Ukraine aims to complete the launch of two international instruments designed to ensure Russia’s accountability for the crime of aggression and compensation for the damage caused. These are:
A special tribunal on Russia’s crime of aggression against Ukraine;
A compensation commission that will consider claims from those harmed by the war.
The annual meeting of the heads of foreign diplomatic missions took place in Kyiv
photo: facebook.com/iryna.mudra.7
“Our task by the end of the year is to complete the launch of two key international mechanisms: the special tribunal on the crime of aggression, which for the first time since Nuremberg should give a legal assessment of the very decision to start the war, and the Compensation Commission,” the official said.
It should be noted that earlier Ukraine and 36 states together with the European Union already signed an agreement to create the steering committee of the Special Tribunal. The next step is its practical formation in The Hague — determining the composition of judges, rules of procedure, and the start of investigations.
The second key element is the international compensation mechanism.
According to Iryna Mudra, the Loss Register, which is already operating under the auspices of the Council of Europe, has received more than 175 thousand claims from Ukrainians.
“We continue working toward using frozen Russian assets to compensate Ukraine for damages. This is already practical work. The Loss Register has received more than 175 thousand claims from Ukrainians,” she reported.
Thus, the next step will be the launch of the Compensation Commission, which will review submitted claims and determine compensation amounts. After that the Compensation Fund should begin operating, which Ukraine and partners plan to fill using frozen Russian state assets.
According to Mudra, this mechanism should turn nearly 300 billion dollars of frozen Russian assets from a subject of international debate into a real source of compensation for people who lost homes, businesses, or relatives due to Russian aggression.
Iryna Mudra noted that active international support is necessary to launch both mechanisms.
She said that in the near future Ukraine will focus on working with the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Canada, Japan, Australia, as well as with countries in Africa, Latin America, and the Indo-Pacific region.
“The speed at which both mechanisms will start depends on decisions by these capitals. At the same time, a wide geographic range of participants is the best answer to Russian propaganda about an allegedly ‘European project,’” the deputy head of the Office of the President emphasized.
The Office of the President stresses that creating the Special Tribunal and the international compensation mechanism are key elements of the international system to hold Russia accountable for the crime of aggression and the damages caused to Ukraine.
Recall that on the night of 5 August, Russia’s massive attack on Kyiv and the region destroyed logistics and production facilities of at least 12 large companies, including Nova Poshta, Epicenter, Rozetka, Novus, Silpo and Puma Ukraine. As a result of the strikes, company employees were killed, warehouses, production capacities and logistics centers were damaged, and some facilities were completely destroyed.
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