Police gathering evidence from refugees over Ukraine war crimes

Czech police have begun investigating possible war crimes committed in Ukraine. A team of officers from the national organised crime unit are gathering testimonies from refugees who fled Russia’s war on Ukraine and are now in the Czech Republic, according to a statement released on Tuesday. The supreme state prosecutor, Lenka Bradáčová, said that the police were planning an information campaign with a view to collecting usable evidence.

Ms. Bradáčová said that criminal proceedings in the matter were not yet at the stage where specific people could be prosecuted for war crimes.