Nations discuss co-ordinating Ukraine war crimes probes

Apartment buildings damaged during fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces stand in Severodonetsk, in the territory under the Government of the Luhansk People’s Republic control, in eastern Ukraine (AP)

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has called for an international “overarching strategy” to co-ordinate efforts to bring perpetrators of war crimes in Ukraine to justice.

Since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine on February 24, his military forces have been accused of abuses ranging from killings in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha to deadly attacks on civilian facilities, including the March 16 bombing of a theatre in Mariupol that an Associated Press investigation established likely killed close to 600 people.