The prosecutor of a province in southern Italy has launched an investigation into war crimes allegedly committed by Russia during its invasion of Ukraine.
The investigation was launched by the Prosecutor’s Office in Bari after the European Union Agency for Cooperation in Criminal Justice (Eurojust) asked the Ministries of Member States to “protect and analyze the evidence concerning crimes against humanity committed in Ukraine”. .
Investigators have already gathered testimonies from several refugees fleeing the war who have arrived in the Puglia region, where Bari is located, in recent weeks. According to sources linked to the investigation, all Ukrainians who disembarked in the area were listened to by the police.
So far, Italy has received more than 100,000 refugees from Ukraine, mostly women and minors.
Kyiv accuses Moscow of attacking non-military targets and civilian populations during the occupation, especially on the outskirts of the capital, in cities such as Bucha and Irpin, where corpses, bodies bearing traces of torture, and mass graves were found in the streets. with dozens of dead.
source: Noticias
