• News
  • Film and TV
  • Music
  • Tech
  • Features
  • Celebrity
  • Politics
  • Weird
  • Community
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
TikTok
YouTube
Submit Your Content
Russia Will Try Zelenskyy As A War Criminal If They Capture Him, Senior Lawmaker Says

Home> News

Published 18:25 1 Jun 2022 GMT+1

Russia Will Try Zelenskyy As A War Criminal If They Capture Him, Senior Lawmaker Says

A senior lawmaker in the Donetsk People's Republic has said the region will try President Zelenskyy as a war criminal

Chloe Rowland

Chloe Rowland

A senior lawmaker in the Donetsk People's Republic has told Russian state media that the region will try President Zelenskyy as a war criminal.

Yelena Shishkina told Russian news agency Tass that the DPR – a Russian-backed breakaway state in Ukraine – is seeking to charge lawmakers who have led Ukraine since Putin annexed Crimea in 2014.

According to Shishkina, the likes of Zelenskyy, former acting president Oleksandr Turchynov and former president Petro Poroshenko are among those the region intends to bring war crime charges against.

Alamy

Advert

"Perpetrators of military crimes are not just those who hold weapons in their hands and pull the trigger. Those are also generals, who issue orders, and presidents, too.

"Ukraine has put in place conditions that allowed neo-Nazi organisations to function on its territory, including amnesty for their members, failures to bring them to criminal responsibility, and legislative endorsement of crimes committed against Russians," she added.

"When sufficient evidence is presented by law-enforcement agencies … then, of course, those guilty will be punished."

Ever since Putin launched his 'special military operation' in Ukraine back in February, the Kremlin leader has continued to push the narrative that his invasion intends to 'denazify' the country.

Advert

Despite saying civilians wouldn't be targeted, more than 4,000 have been killed so far in the war - although the figure is believed to be much higher.

Aftermath of a building destroyed by a missile attack in the Donetsk region
Alamy

"Overall, to date, we have corroborated 7,061 civilian casualties, with 3,381 killed and 3,680 injured across the country since the beginning of the armed attack by the Russian Federation. The actual figures are higher and we are working to corroborate every single incident,” Matilda Bogner, head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission, said last month.

The International Criminal Court has since confirmed it would be investigating possible war crimes committed during Russia's invasion, as world leaders continue to call for Putin to be held accountable for the rising number of civilian deaths in the country.

Advert

Alamy

According to Ukrainian chief prosecutor Iryna Venediktova, an estimated 15,000 alleged war crimes have been reported in Ukraine since the start of the invasion on 24 February, with several thousand of the suspected crimes having been identified in the eastern Donbas region - which has been the backdrop of particularly intense conflict between Russian and Ukrainian troops.

If you would like to donate to the Red Cross Emergency Appeal, which will help provide food, medicines and basic medical supplies, shelter and water to those in Ukraine, click here for more information 

Featured Image Credit: Alamy

Topics: World News, Russia, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky

Chloe Rowland
Chloe Rowland

Chloe Rowland is a Sub Editor and Journalist at LADbible Group. She graduated from The University of Salford with a BA Multimedia Journalism degree in 2019 but has continued to use the fact she has a Blue Peter badge as her biggest flex.

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

8 hours ago
9 hours ago
11 hours ago
  • 8 hours ago

    Diddy denied bail after being found guilty on 2 out of 5 counts in sex trafficking and prostitution case

    Diddy has been denied bail after being found guilty on two of five charges he was facing

    News
  • 9 hours ago

    Donald Trump makes shocking threat he wants to deport US citizens and people are stunned

    Donald Trump has made a threat to deport US citizens following the opening of a migrant centre in Florida

    News
  • 11 hours ago

    Bryan Kohberger speaks for first time in court admitting to how he brutally murdered four Idaho students

    The Idaho murder suspect has spoken out following the brutal murders of four students in 2022

    News
  • 11 hours ago

    Former prosecutor explains why Diddy was found not guilty on 3 out of 5 counts in sex trafficking and prostitution case

    A legal expert has shared his thoughts about why Sean 'Diddy' Combs has been found not guilty of three counts

    News
  • Trump administration says they will 'abandon' Russia and Ukraine peace talks in a 'matter of days' if one specific change isn't made
  • Where Donald Trump will go if nuclear war broke out amid WW3 fears
  • Zelenskyy issues new demand to Trump after missile attack killed 34 people in Ukraine
  • Trump claims Putin, Biden and Zelenskyy are all to blame for the ‘millions’ killed in Ukraine war