Ukraine evidence handed to British war crimes police ‘some of worst ever seen’

The Metropolitan Police’s War Crimes Team said it had already received about 50 referrals from people with a link to the UK, including those who have directly fled the conflict in the last two months since Russia began invading

Scotland Yard announced last month that it was supporting the International Criminal Court probe into alleged war crimes, and appealed for anyone with direct evidence to come forward.

Counter-terror police in Britain gathering evidence of potential war crimes in Ukraine say they have been struck by the “incredibly harrowing” material and eyewitness accounts from the frontline of the conflict.

The Metropolitan Police’s War Crimes Team, which is a unit within its counter-terrorism command (CTC), said it had already received about 50 referrals from people with a link to Britain, including those who have directly fled the conflict in the last two months since Russia began invading.