During an official visit to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of the International Criminal Court Piotr Hofmansky and Secretary of the Court Osvaldo Zaval Aguilera discussed bringing to justice those responsible for war crimes against humanity and the genocide of the Ukrainian people. The President of Ukraine also noted that for Ukraine the result is concrete sentences for all war criminals, including the top leadership of the aggressor country, the press service of the President's Office reports..

“These crimes require special, priority attention.. We must increase pressure on Russia to stop mass deportations and create a universal mechanism to protect children,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy stressed.

The President also assured Piotr Hofmansky that Ukraine has done and will do everything necessary both to investigate and prosecute under national jurisdiction for the mass atrocities committed by the Russian Federation during this war, and to establish effective cooperation with the ICC.

Separately, the Head of State noted the importance of opening a branch of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in Kyiv in the near future.

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Later, Volodymyr Zelensky made a startling speech at the International Criminal Court, where he expressed the hope that those responsible for war crimes in Ukraine, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, would be tried in The Hague..