Since the beginning of its invasion of Ukraine on February 24, Russia has committed 46,432 war crimes in the territories occupied by it, crimes that were registered as such by the Ukrainian prosecutor’s office, Ukrinform and EFE agencies reported on Monday, reported by Agerpres.

These crimes are classified according to several categories: violation of international laws and military conventions, planning, preparation and instigation of a conflict of aggression and propaganda of war and others, the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine reports.

In addition, 18,864 crimes against Ukraine’s national security have been documented, including violations of Ukraine’s territorial integrity and inviolability, treason, collaborationist activities with the enemy, aiding and abetting an aggressor state, or sabotage, the Kyiv Prosecutor’s Office reports.

The General Prosecutor’s Office notes that 627 Russian military and civil servants (ministers, deputies, commanders, security forces and propagandists) are suspects in the main investigation into Russian aggression against Ukraine.

Zelensky: In Kherson, the Russian army left behind the same atrocities

The data was released shortly after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi denounced that the Russian army committed “the same atrocities” in Kherson as in other regions of the country during its occupation, pointing out that “more than 400 war crimes”. region.

After the withdrawal of the Russian army from Kherson on Friday, law and order will be restored in 226 settlements of the Kherson region, home to “more than 100,000 residents,” the president of Ukraine said in his daily speech on Sunday. evening.

In the Kherson region, the Russian army “left behind the same atrocities as in other regions of our country that it managed to occupy,” Zelenskyy said. “We will find and bring to justice all the murderers. No doubt!” – he said.

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