The White House continues to explore the idea of ​​creating a tribunal for Ukraine

The United States continues to explore the creation of a special international court whose purpose is to investigate Russia’s actions in Ukraine, said John Kirby, coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security Council.

“With regard to the tribunal, we are still studying this proposal and working on this issue … In general, however, we remain consistent in our desire to hold Russia accountable for its (actions) on Ukrainian territory. There are currently a number of international investigations that we support,” he said (cit. according to RIA Novosti).

On November 30, the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, took the initiative to create an international anti-Russian tribunal for Ukraine under the auspices of the UN. She also suggested creating a structure to manage frozen Russian assets. According to her, the blocked funds of the Russian Central Bank and the assets of Russian businessmen confiscated due to sanctions should be combined into a fund, the funds of which should be invested, and the profit from these investments should be used for compensation payments to Ukraine.

On December 1, it became known that France start work with Kyiv and European countries to create a tribunal against Russia. After that, the Russian Foreign Ministry accused the French Foreign Ministry in refusing to recognize the war crimes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and in their silence.

Russia’s special operation in Ukraine began on February 24. Russian President Vladimir Putin called the protection of the inhabitants of Donbass, as well as the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine, its goals. During the special operation, Russian troops took full control of the LPR, as well as most of the DPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions. Subsequently, these territories became part of Russia.