EU calls for tribunal over mass graves

By Agence France-Presse

Sep 19, 2022 12:08 am

IZYUM, Ukraine: The EU presidency on Saturday called for the establishment of an international tribunal for war crimes after new mass graves were found in Ukraine.

'In the 21st century, such attacks against the civilian population are unthinkable and abhorrent,' said Jan Lipavsky, foreign minister of the Czech Republic, which holds the European Union's rotating presidency.

SIGNS OF ATROCITY A photo shows crosses at a burial site in a forest on the outskirts of Izyum on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. Ukraine said on Saturday it had counted 450 graves at just one burial site near Izyum after recapturing the eastern city from the Russians. AFP PHOTO

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