Pentagon Trains Ukrainian War-Crimes Prosecutors—As Lawmakers Press for More
Congress wants the Defense Department to send intel to the international court.
SAM SKOVE | JUNE 12, 2023 06:37 PM ET
The Defense Department and other U.S. agencies are helping Ukraine identify Russian war crimes, a top Ukrainian prosecutor said—even as they resist pressure from Congress to release related intelligence to the International Criminal Court.
The aid is indirect, and comes largely in the form of efforts to train Ukrainian prosecutors to collect evidence for themselves, said Deputy Prosecutor General Oleksii Khomenko. Among the skills imparted by U.S. active duty and reserve troops is analyzing rocket impacts.
“We’ve visited the FBI, the Pentagon, and the Justice Department,” Khomenko added.
But Congress is pressing the military to do more—specifically, to share evidence with the International Criminal Court, ICC, about Russia’s potential involvement in war crimes. Last week, Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., led a group of 23 Democrat and Republican representatives in encouraging the White House to do just that.
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