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G7 justice ministers agree to coordinate Ukraine war crime probes

German Justice Minister Marco Buschmann, his counterparts from the G7 countries, and the EU Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders, the Ukrainian Minister of Justice Denis Maljuska, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin and the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim A. A. Khan pose for a family picture at the Foreign Office in Berlin, Germany, November 29, 2022. REUTERS/Christian Mang

The Group of Seven wealthy democracies (G7) agreed on Tuesday to set up a network to coordinate investigations into war crimes, as part of a push to prosecute suspected atrocities in Ukraine.

"Judicial examination of the atrocities committed in Ukraine will take years, perhaps even decades. But we will be well prepared – and we will persist for as long as it takes," German Justice Minister Marco Buschmann said in a statement.

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