During the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, Ukrainian law enforcement officers recorded more than 300 facts that fall under the definition of genocide, and five proceedings are already being investigated.
Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin said it in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine, according to Ukrinform.
"In general, we have recorded more than 300 facts that relate specifically to the definition of genocide. More than 2,000 of our people were questioned, who were forced to leave the territory of Ukraine or their place of residence as a result of the fighting," the Prosecutor General said.
According to him, about 300 Russian prisoners of war were also questioned, who were asked how they understand the concept of "denazification and demilitarization of Ukraine."
"Currently, five genocide proceedings are being investigated. Among them are the main proceedings on the fact of committing the genocide of the Ukrainian people," the Prosecutor General said.
Kostin stressed: "in the main proceedings on the genocide of the Ukrainian people, the Russian propagandists are under trial, whose works constitute examples of the ideological background of the genocide. In this case, there are names of those who followed the instructions of Putin and his propagandists directly."
Permanent representative of Ukraine to international organizations in Vienna, Yevhen Tsymbalyuk, said during a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council that Russia's actions in Ukraine fall under the definition of an international crime of genocide.
Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called on the international community to consider attacks on our country's energy infrastructure as part of the Russian genocide of the Ukrainian people.