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France to help ICC with investigations into massacres blamed on Russian forces in Ukraine

A mass grave with bodies of civilians was found in Bucha, in Kyiv region, Ukraine on 4 April, 2022. © Reuters/Vladyslav Musiienko

After a meeting between President Emmanuel Macron and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, the Elysée Palace has announced that France will offer financial and human resources to support investigations into the alleged massacre of civilians by Russian troops in Ukraine.

Referring to "the shock and emotion caused in France by the images of the crimes committed in Boutcha and other places", Emmanuel Macron underlined "France's readiness to support international justice and contribute to the work of investigating and documenting the violence perpetrated against civilians and to ensure that Russia is held to account".

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