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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Anthony Deutsch and Stephanie van den Berg

Russian leaders should be tried in absentia for aggression in Ukraine, Kyiv official says

Ukraine's Prosecutor General, Andriy Kostin attends an interview at the ICC, where he will meet Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan, as he prepares to seek arrest warrants against Russian war crimes suspects in The Hague, Netherlands March 23, 2023. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw

Russian leaders should be put on trial for the invasion of Ukraine even if they cannot be arrested and brought to court in person, Kyiv's top prosecutor said on Thursday.

Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin, speaking to Reuters during a stopover in The Hague where the International Criminal Court is based, said that a planned tribunal for the crime of aggression should hold so-called trials in absentia.

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