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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Andrius Sytas

Lithuania parliament urges criminal prosecution of Russian leadership

FILE PHOTO: A general view of the session hall of the Lithuania's Parliament in Vilnius, Lithuania, December 13, 2016. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo

The Lithuanian parliament on Thursday called for the criminal prosecution of Russia's leadership for its invasion of Ukraine and what it said is the wide-scale forced deportation of Ukrainians to Russian territory.

At least a million Ukrainians were deported to Russia and Russian-controlled territories, including 200,000 children, the parliament said in a motion that was passed unanimously.

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