The representative of the French Foreign Ministry said that work on the creation of a special tribunal has begun.

“We have started working with our European and Ukrainian partners,” RIA Novosti quotes him as saying at a briefing.

He added that Paris supports the investigations of the Ukrainian justice authorities and the International Criminal Court in The Hague in order to bring to justice those responsible for these crimes.

Earlier, Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya expressed confidence that the European Commission's initiative to create a tribunal for Ukraine is an attempt to legitimize the lawlessness carried out by Western countries against Russia.