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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Plan needed to make Russia pay reparations to Ukrainians, says report

The reconstruction of a destroyed home in a town in the Kyiv region.
The reconstruction of a destroyed home in a town in the Kyiv region. Photograph: Sergei Chuzavkov/AFP/Getty Images

Western and Ukrainian rhetoric claiming Russia will be required to pay reparations for the damage caused by its invasion of Ukraine is not backed by a coherent roadmap based on international law to achieve justice for Ukraine’s victims, a new report prepared by the British thinktank Ceasefire has warned.

The report, one of the first detailed studies on how reparations for Ukraine might work, says little progress has been made in setting up a global mechanism to require Russia to pay compensation and says the delays must end.

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