OUR Germany collected evidence for war crimes V Ukrainesaid the German Attorney General in an interview with a newspaper published today on Saturday, and added that he considers it necessary to initiate legal proceedings at the international level.

“Right now, for example, we are focusing on massacres in Bucha or attacks on Ukrainian political infrastructure,” Peter Frank told the Welt am Sonntag newspaper.

So far, prosecutors have a “three-figure amount” of evidence, he added without elaborating. In March 2022, Germany began gathering evidence to prosecute possible war crimes, including by interviewing Ukrainian refugees and assessing publicly available information, Frank said, adding that German prosecutors were not yet investigating specific individuals.

“We are preparing for a possible trial later – to us in Germany, to our foreign partners or to an international court,” he added.

When asked who should be tried, Frank said that Russian statesmen and those who implement decisions at the highest military level should be held accountable.

Ukraine is pushing for a special court to prosecute Russian military and political leaders it considers responsible for starting the war.

The International Criminal Court launched its own investigation into alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes days after Moscow launched its Feb. 24 invasion, but does not have jurisdiction to prosecute the attack in Ukraine.

The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, who is on a visit to Kyiv, said on Thursday that an international center would be set up in The Hague to investigate the crime of the attack on Ukraine. Moscow rejects the accusations of Kyiv and Western countries.

Source: Reuters, APE-MPE.