In fifty-six days of war, Iryna Veediktova has already collected more than 11,000 testimonials and launched more than 7,000 surveys.
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Never have a country led such surveys in time of war. “We are at 56 e day and it looks like a very long day,” Loose Iryna Veediktova, in a vast reception room of his protected desk of the city center of kyiv, Wednesday, April 20th. The Attorney General of Ukraine tracks the war crimes committed in his country since the beginning of the Russian invasion, triggered on Thursday, February 24th.
“We work twenty-four hours a day, every day of the week,” slides the 43-year-old woman. On a mobile phone, it designates the “7,462” war crimes surveys – a constantly increased figure – recorded on the Warcrime.gov.ua website, a “hub” computer for the various Ukrainian institutions, which has already collected ” More than 11,000 testimonials “. The site is also state of the death of 208 children, not counting potential victims in areas still occupied by the Russian army.
“From the first days of the war, in Maroupol, we pointed out the case of a 6 year old girl, dead dehydration. The situation we have today in the city, we dare ‘Imagine “, explains M me venediktova. In particular, she is concerned about Cases of Deportation from Ukrainians from this port city of the south of the country, besieged and bombarded by the Kremlin troops, towards the Russian Federation. “The deportation of Ukraine’s children gives us the opportunity to describe that of genocide. We started investigating this topic from the first day of war, but I am a prosecutor and I need more evidence. “
Two weeks before the start of the offensive of the forces of the Kremlin and while the fears set up on a possible attack, “we had coordinating meetings with the country’s prosecutors,” says Iryna Veediktova, tracing a line Invisible on a map of the country, “from Louttsk to Odessa”. “Of course we were hoping that it would only be a workout …”
Collaboration with the International Criminal Court
“We are experienced people, we have been confronted with a war in Ukraine for eight years,” said the magistrate, referring to the beginning of the war in the Donbass opposing the Ukrainian forces and the separatists supported by Moscow, in 2014 . “Today, we face a large invasion, once again triggered by Russia. But, during these eight years, we investigated war crimes and understood that it was necessary to appropriate the right international humanitarian. We now apply this methodology to investigate. “
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