Ukraine is investigating over 25,000 cases of suspected war crimes since Russiainvaded five months ago .
Yury Bilousov, head of theWar CrimesDivision of the Prosecutor General's Office, said 135 people have already been indicted, of which only 15 are currently in custody. 120 people were still released.
He told Reuters that since President Vladimir Putin launched his February 24 invasion, 13 lawsuits have been filed in court, with seven judgments. He said he was.
In May, his 21-year-old Russian soldier who was captured became the first person to be convicted in a war crimes trial in Ukraine. He was sentenced to life in prison for murdering an unarmed civilian.
"Sometimes we are asked why we prosecute such…low-ranking officers. It is only because they are physically here," he said Mr Bilousov. said.
``If the general was really here and we could catch him, we would definitely prosecute him.''
Multiple reports suggest that many civilians Abandoned in the streets, some dead with their hands tied, satellite images have revealed what appears to be a mass grave in the town.
US President Joe Biden branded Mr. Putin a "war criminal" and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the situation in Bucha an act of genocide.
Ukrainian soldiers look at body bags as priests pray at the mass grave on the grounds around St. Andrew's Church in Bucha
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A preliminary report by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said shelling of a children's hospital and a theater in the besieged port city of Mariupol was reported. I found the equivalent of war. Crime, as well as the deportation of thousands of Ukrainians to Russia.
Investigators said there were "credible reports" of civilians being detained by Russian forces and subjected to ill-treatment amounting to torture.
