President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky announced the creation of a claims commission and a compensation fund as key elements of the planned compensation mechanism. This was announced by the head of state.
"Together we have created a real network of accountability. We greatly appreciate the leadership of the Netherlands in promoting the idea of establishing a Special Tribunal for the Crimes of Russian Aggression," he said.
Zelensky said he was grateful to all countries and heads of state, international organizations, civic leaders, representatives of the legal community who support the global work to investigate Russian war crimes and bring the guilty to justice, to bring to justice all those responsible - from the political and military leadership of Russia to ordinary perpetrators.
"I am sure that the activities of the International Criminal Court, which has issued an arrest warrant for Putin and is working to restore full justice to all those who suffered from this war - both adults and children - are important for the whole world," he said.
The President said that Ukraine is creating very specific systematic tools to compensate for the damage caused by this war.
"Together with many countries and leaders, we are cooperating in the confiscation of Russian assets and profits from them. All this should work for the people whom Putin tried to destroy with this war. Similarly, the Register of Losses is starting to work, and it is extremely important that a claims commission and a compensation fund are established this year as key elements of the planned compensation mechanism," he said.
Zelensky called on the West not to deviate from the common line - the line of justice.
"And I ask you not to slow down. We must do everything possible to strengthen justice, so that justice provides the real strength of our common security - security from aggression and terror. May true peace be restored as soon as possible. And let everyone who destroys peace be truly afraid to stand trial in The Hague," he emphasized.
