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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Aubrey Allegretti Political correspondent

ICC launches war crimes investigation over Russian invasion of Ukraine

A man walks past a war-damaged building in Kyiv
A man walks past a war-damaged building in Kyiv. Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP

A war crimes investigation has been launched into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine after an unprecedented number of countries backed the move and Boris Johnson called the military intervention “abhorrent”.

Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor for the international criminal court (ICC), said he would begin work “as rapidly as possible” to look for possible crimes against humanity or genocide committed in Ukraine.

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