{"id":1478074,"date":"2022-05-17T12:59:38","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T16:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1478074"},"modified":"2022-05-17T12:59:45","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T16:59:45","slug":"international-criminal-court-launches-largest-ever-probe-into-war-crimes-committed-by-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/international-criminal-court-launches-largest-ever-probe-into-war-crimes-committed-by-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"International Criminal Court Launches Largest Ever Probe Into War Crimes Committed by Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Finternational-criminal-court-launches-largest-ever-probe-into-war-crimes-committed-by-russia%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1478074&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"speechkit-wrapper\" class=\"speechkit-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/ilhan-omar-says-us-must-join-international-criminal-court-hold-putin-accountable-war-crimes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Criminal Court<\/a> (ICC) on Tuesday announced it has launched the largest &#8220;single field&#8221; investigation since its inception 20-years ago into war crimes committed during Russia\u2019s deadly war in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/conflicts\/ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukraine<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">&#8220;During this mission, my office will focus on a set of core objectives aimed at accelerating our independent investigations and strengthening synergy of investigative action with national authorities on the ground in Ukraine,&#8221; ICC\u00a0Prosecutor Karim Khan said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/640\/320\/AP22095339966671-e1649940931368.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"FILE - Karim Ahmed Khan, International Criminal Court chief prosecutor, speaks during a news conference at the Ministry of Justice in the Khartoum, Sudan, Aug. 12, 2021.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      FILE &#8211; Karim Ahmed Khan, International Criminal Court chief prosecutor, speaks during a news conference at the Ministry of Justice in the Khartoum, Sudan, Aug. 12, 2021.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Marwan Ali, File)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/american-soldier-trained-ukraine-marines-javelins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>AMERICAN SOLDIER TRAINED UKRAINE MARINES ON JAVELINS: NO PRACTICE AND A &#8216;HAIL MARY&#8217; TO FIGHT THE RUSSIANS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A team of\u00a042 investigators, forensic experts and support personnel\u00a0have been sent to Ukraine to provide support to authorities investigating war crimes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This represents the largest ever single field deployment by my office since its establishment,&#8221; he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The investigators will work to collect testimonial accounts and ensure forensic and digital evidence is properly collected and recorded. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The ICC will be working with experts from France, the Netherlands and other states to assist Ukrainian authorities in identifying victims\u2019 remains, ballistics analysis and the preservation of forensic evidence.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/640\/320\/polish-baltic-president-ukraine-3.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Volunteers load bodies of civilians killed in Bucha onto a truck to be taken to a morgue for investigation, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 12, 2022.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Volunteers load bodies of civilians killed in Bucha onto a truck to be taken to a morgue for investigation, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 12, 2022.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/pro-russia-official-ukrainian-troops-encircled-donbas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>PRO-RUSSIA OFFICIAL CLAIMS 16,000 UKRAINIAN TROOPS ENCIRCLED IN DONBAS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our forensic experts will map the existing action of national crime scene investigators in order to trace workflows and strengthen chain of custody with respect to hard evidence,&#8221; Khan said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>ICC prosecutor said that 21 states had agreed to provide expert support to the investigations while another 20 had pledged financial support for the on-the-ground probes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Russian forces have been accused of committing gross human rights abuses after the discovery of mass graves and accounts of torture and executions surfaced amid its three-month-long invasion of Ukraine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More than 13 million Ukrainians have fled their homes as a result of the war with more than 6.2 million fleeing to neighboring nations, according to figures by the\u00a0United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.<\/p>\n<p>The UN reported Monday that there have been at least 7,564 civilian casualties in Ukraine, including 3,668 killed and 3,896 injured.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/640\/320\/Ukraine-train.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Families wait to board a train at Kramatorsk central station as they flee the eastern city of Kramatorsk, in the Donbas region, in early April.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Families wait to board a train at Kramatorsk central station as they flee the eastern city of Kramatorsk, in the Donbas region, in early April.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Photo by FADEL SENNA\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But the top international agency has repeatedly warned that &#8220;the actual figures are considerably higher.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hostile fighting in parts of Ukraine has delayed accurate reporting on civilian casualties.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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