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Our correspondent from Kiiu, the capital of Ukraine, is the first Korean media to interview the Ukrainian prosecutor who is investigating the allegations of war crimes by the Russian military.

Ukrainian prosecutors said they would hold the Russian military responsible for the massacre no matter how long it took.



Correspondent Ahn Sang-woo reported exclusively.



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At the dawn of March 14, a missile from Russia hit this apartment.



Nine people were killed, and the place was left in ruins.



But it is from these ruins that the Ukrainian prosecution's efforts to uncover Russia's war crimes begin again.



Ukrainian prosecutors are collecting testimonies from survivors and eyewitnesses, as well as weapon fragments, and are conducting an investigation to determine the direction of the bombing and the type of missile warhead.



[Prosecutor Sergei / Kiiwu Prosecutor's Office: (Here) the interrogation of 500 victims and witnesses has already ended, and an investigation into the weapon fragments remaining here has also been conducted



. By passing it on to the military authorities and intelligence agencies, it is possible to identify the unit that bombed and the commander who ordered it.



[Sergei / Prosecutor of Kiiwu City Prosecutor's Office: It was not even a military base, but bombed this place, killing children and maiming the survivors.

This is the most serious war crime.

It is our job to make sure we find out who did this (because).]



Of course, even if the suspect is identified, arrest is not possible right now, but it is absolutely necessary as evidence for a future private international judicial trial.

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City Prosecutor's Office: The most important thing is to make those who suffered because of the Russian military feel that justice lives and that evil must be punished.]



thousands of cases.



Bombing was carried out on civilian residences, as well as hospitals and essential infrastructure, and bodies of civilians believed to have been massacred were found in areas occupied by Russian forces.



This is the part that raises suspicions that it is a violation of the Convention on the Ban on Genocide, which was made together by the international community after World War II.



[Irina Benedictova/Ukraine Prosecutor General: The Russian military has done these things to inflict pain on citizens for no reason.

Even if it takes a long time, we will definitely bring the perpetrators to court.]



The Ukrainian prosecutor's office appealed for the need for active support and support from the international community in order to establish and punish the crimes of genocide by the Russian military.



(Video coverage: Lee Seung-hwan, Im Ji-soo, video editing: Jeon Min-gyu)