From now on, Ukrainian prosecutors will consider offenses against life and the rights of their fellow citizens in Russian-occupied Crimea as crimes under international humanitarian law. The cases of kidnapping, murder, persecution, torture, illegal detention and forced transportation to Russia will be investigated under Article 438 (violation of the internationally recognized laws and customs of war) of the Ukrainian Criminal Code.
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