A Ukrainian National Police delegation met with FBI, Justice Department, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), and Congressional Helsinki Commission officials in Washington this week. The delegation presented evidence of more than 185,000 Russian war crimes documented since the full-scale invasion and detailed intelligence on the Kremlin's global hybrid operations.
The delegation, led by First Deputy Head of the National Police Maksym Tsutskiridze, also briefed American counterparts on an interagency database called "War Criminal." The system contains information on nearly 900,000 individuals connected to crimes against Ukraine, the National Police reported.
The database includes:
- Military personnel
- Security service agents
- Filtration camp staff
- Propagandists
- Private military company mercenaries
Scale of documented atrocities
Ukrainian investigators presented evidence gathered in deoccupied territories: torture chambers, mass graves, destroyed civilian infrastructure, and the aftermath of Russian shelling campaigns. The documentation spans the full range of war crimes — from systematic execution of prisoners to deliberate attacks on civilian targets.
The delegation provided American partners with profiles of 11 US citizens currently missing or held captive in Russia. They also shared updated case files on crimes committed against 109 American citizens.
Ukrainian officials emphasized that crimes targeting Americans mirror the brutality inflicted on Ukrainians:
- Extrajudicial killings of civilians
- Attacks on journalists
- Deliberate strikes on humanitarian convoys
- Destruction of evacuation vehicles
Russian PMCs and global hybrid threats
During FBI meetings, the Ukrainian delegation presented detailed analytical materials on PMC Wagner, Redut, and other Russian proxy structures. These groups operate across Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and Europe.
The briefings covered funding mechanisms and recruitment networks. American officials expressed interest in expanding cooperation to identify and counter these groups' activities in Western countries.
A separate focus fell on Russia's hybrid operations in European airspace. Ukrainian police shared analysis of more than 100 drone incidents recorded over European countries during the past year, including cases that forced temporary airport closures.
Officials characterized these incursions as planned operations demonstrating Russia's expansion of hybrid warfare methods beyond Ukraine's borders.
Congressional backing for accountability
At a closed briefing with the US Congressional Helsinki Commission, Ukrainian investigators detailed threats that Russian war crimes and hybrid tactics pose to Western nations.
They presented evidence of Moscow's influence operations through:
- Arson attacks
- Disinformation campaigns
- PMC activities
- Cyberattacks
Commission representatives pledged to facilitate further contact with members of Congress on maintaining focus on Russian accountability.
US equipment saves lives on the frontlines
At INL, the Ukrainian delegation presented results from American support provided to all National Police units operating under wartime conditions.
The equipment includes:
- Protective gear and specialized vehicles
- Medical supplies
- Explosive ordnance disposal equipment for frontline "White Angels" evacuation teams
- Mobile Rapid DNA laboratories
- 3D scanners and forensic drones
Since the full-scale invasion began, the US has provided over $140 million in equipment to Ukrainian law enforcement, part of nearly $1 billion INL has committed to Ukraine's criminal justice sector. American partners confirmed their commitment to continue support, training programs, and technological investment.
"The National Police of Ukraine works in conditions that have no analogues in the modern world: under shelling, we simultaneously document war crimes, rescue people, demine liberated territories, deter cyberattacks, and counter drones and Russian hybrid operations," Tsutskiridze said.
"This experience should help our partners identify mercenaries, prevent sabotage, and protect their own borders from Russian aggression. We are open to the broadest cooperation, because the Russian Federation's hybrid war knows no borders, and only joint actions of civilized countries can stop it."
