The scale of these crimes is impossible to imagine’, say forensics teams using state-of-the-art technology to record grave breaches of humanitarian laws during Russia’s war
Forensic experts in Ukraine are working around the clock and risking their lives to capture and preserve evidence of Russian war crimes as Moscow’s aggression intensifies.
Documenting and conserving proof of illegal acts during the conflict is a dangerous and challenging task, but one that the team of forensic experts – and allies supporting them with game-changing technology – believe is imperative.
The Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s office and specialists from the 400-strong Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic (KFI) – the leading Ukrainian department assessing alleged war crimes committed by Russia – attend crime scenes and enter liberated territories immediately after they are no longer under Russian control. But even without the physical presence of Russian troops, there are still huge risks.
Nataliia Nestor, deputy director of KFI, oversees the collation of evidence and told i her team were at times exposed to life-threatening military equipment as they worked to record violations of international law.
“This work is very difficult,” Ms Nestor said. “The territory is not always de-mined, we go to the place of rocket attacks, our experts perform their work around the clock.”
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