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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Dan Sabbagh in Kyiv

US deal must punish Russia war crimes, says Ukraine’s Nobel peace prize winner

Oleksandra Matviichuk wearing pink blouse in street with church in background
An amnesty would mean ‘you can invade a country, kill people and erase their identity, and you will be rewarded with new territories’, says Oleksandra Matviichuk. Photograph: Julia Kochetova/The Guardian

Any peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine that includes an amnesty for war crimes could encourage other authoritarian leaders to attack their neighbours, Ukraine’s only Nobel peace prize winner has warned.

Oleksandra Matviichuk said the leaked 28-point US-Russia plan did not account for “the human dimension” and she supported President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s efforts to rewrite it in dialogue with White House.

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