Chamber of Deputies votes to condemn the murder of civilians in Bucha as a war crime

The Chamber of Deputies voted on Tuesday to condemn the murders that have taken place in Bucha and in several other Ukrainian cities, and were allegedly committed by Russian forces, as a war crime according to international law. Tuesday’s vote means that the Czech Republic could take part in preparations for an international court tribunal for war crimes committed on the territory of Ukraine.

“The Russian Federation has committed a crime of aggression against Ukraine, has started a large-scale and unprovoked war in Europe, is trying to destroy the rules based international order, is attacking freedom, liberal democracy, as well as the respect for each individual’s human and civil rights,” the resolution states. Deputies also voted in favour of measures that will make the Czech Republic, and the EU as a whole, less dependent on Russian resources.