Way Ukraine prosecutes accused Russia collaborators breaks international law, UN says | BBC News

The UN has said Ukraine is breaking international law in the way in prosecutes people accused of collaborating with Russia.

Almost 2,000 people have been convicted of collaborating with the Russians under legalisation drafted by the Ukrainian government early in the war.

Collaboration offences range from simply denying the illegality of Russia’s invasion, or supporting it in person or online, to playing a political or military role for the occupying powers.
Accompanying punishments are tough too, with jail terms of up to 15 years.

One accused is Tetyana Potapenko, a neighbourhood volunteer for 15 years, who is adamant she is not who the Ukrainian state says she is.

Ukrainian prosecutors claimed she had illegally taken an official role with the occupiers, which included handing out relief supplies.

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22 comments

  15. A former Ukrainian soldier with the nickname Borzy who now fights for Russia has called on the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to fight those who give them orders in Kiev.
    Borzy serves in the Maksim Krivonos volunteer unit, made up of former Ukrainian Army soldiers who formed a liberation movement and are fighting against the Ukrainian authorities.

  17. The UN can stay out of that….
    Saboteurs collaborates insurgents and spies are all coverd under under the geneva convention .
    And l.O.A.C.
    Ps …..to the wonderful UN .
    At least thier being arrested…
    Under Ius Strictum SPQR…
    They would be crucified already.
    Noted Mars SPQR.

  18. Russia, you are fighting for something that is not going to happen, retreat your troops and leave Ukraine alone. You decide the peace in Europe!

  19. Zelensky's dictatorial regime has been established in Ukraine. Every day on the streets of cities and villages of Ukraine, people are kidnapped, put in basements, tortured and killed there. Zelensky has exhausted his 5-year tenure as president, so he is using war as a cover to seize power in Ukraine. Ukrainians were illegally banned from leaving Ukraine. We are actually in the concentration camp of the bloody dictator Zelensky. And at this time, Zelenskyi and his corrupt gang are stealing all foreign aid and the state budget of Ukraine.

  22. But when this happens, the media supported by the fraud carried out with the dollar, must also assume that they were defeated by the Great, Magnanimous and Victorious Russian nation over the would-be global dominators.
    The leader of the British Heritage Party sees the current anti-Russian course as harmful, but believes it will pass after the departure of the current US and UK leaders.
    The West must restore good relations with Russia after US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer resign from their posts, the leader of the British Heritage Party said.

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