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Justice initiatives regarding crimes committed in Ukraine have multiplied since the beginning of the Russian invasion. But some war crimes date back to far before 2022. Discover all of our publications covering the different courts and trials in Ukraine and abroad.

Ukrainian soldiers surrender to the Russian army in Mariupol (Ukraine) in April 2022.

In Donetsk, over 100 Ukrainian soldiers sentenced in four months

Since August, the Supreme Court of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic, in Russia-occupied Eastern Ukraine, has handed down harsh sentences on at least 118 Ukrainian soldiers and military personnel, as Justice Info established based on open sources. The prisoners were accused of employing prohibited methods of warfare and killing civilians. The majority of the defendants […]

By Maria Koroleva (our correspondent in Russia)

Aleksandr Krasnoyartsev: a Russian pilot captured in Ukraine, exchanged with Russia and then tried in Ukraine in absentia (in the absence of the accused) for war crimes.

One year after being exchanged, a Russian pilot sentenced in Chernihiv

Russian prisoners of war exchanged for Ukrainian POWs - Photo: russian soldiers holding flags.

Russian soldiers exchanged with Ukraine: what happens after

Trial of Russian military officers in Ukraine - Buildings of the Ivankiv District Court seen from the outside.

Trials of Russian military officers continue in Ivankiv

Angelina Dovbnya was tried and jailed for life for high treason in Ukraine. Photo: She takes a selfie in a lift.

"I did not pledge allegiance to this country"

Looking for the missing in Ukraine - Ukrainian rescuers after the destruction of a residential building in Dnipro (Ukraine) by a missile strike.

Looking for the missing in Ukraine

A window into the trial of the Ukrainian “Aidar” battalion in Russia

A day of defence for the “Azov” in Rostov-on-Don military court

Ukraine vs Russia hearing at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) - The two countries argued over alleged violations of the Genocide Convention, with the support for Ukraine of 32 allied countries.

Ukraine sees historic support at UN’s top court

Russian soldiers on trial in Ukraine for war crimes committed in Bucha - Bucha memorial dedicated to the victims.

Bucha: nine Russian soldiers sentenced and more trials to come

Trials of Ukrainian fighters in Russia - A bus leaves Lefortovo prison loaded with Ukrainian prisoners of war in preparation for an exchange.

One year on, how Russia is starting to try Ukrainians

Trial of alleged members of the Azov Battalion in Russia, at Rostov-on-Don.

Ukraine: in Russia, alleged members of the “Azov” Battalion plead not guilty

Collaborators in Ukraine - Police officers take oath in front of the Russian authorities in Ghenichesk, near Kherson (occupied zone).

Collaboration in occupied Kherson: “As a decent daughter I went breaking the law”

War crimes in Ukraine - Investigators from the French Gendarmerie's Institute of Criminal Research (IRCGN) examine a body in a tent after its exhumation from a mass grave in Bucha, in cooperation with Ukrainian police.

Yuriy Belousov: “We can’t lose Ukraine’s legal battle”

Following the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine, grain silos were flooded in Kherson. Ukrainian justice speaks of ecocide.

Kakhovka dam: Ukraine pioneers prosecution for ecocide

Launch of the ICPA (International Center for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine) in The Hague, Netherlands.

The ICPA, new kid on the block in the world capital of international justice

Azov trial in Russia - The Azovstal plant in Ukraine, partially destroyed by military clashes between the Azov regiment and Russian armed forces.

The low-level and controversial trial of the Azov regiment in Russia

At his trial for high treason in Odessa, Mykolaïv district prosecutor Gennadyi Herman receives eggs thrown by the victims' families in the audience.

A chief prosecutor, a Telegram account and the memory of a deadly strike

Ukraine-Russia: border post seen from Ukraine.

In Sumy, a Ukrainian mayor is on trial for high treason