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Ukraine's Prosecutor To Provide ICC With Data On Kakhovka Dam Destruction


Local residents wait for an evacuation train at a railway station in Kherson on June 6.
Local residents wait for an evacuation train at a railway station in Kherson on June 6.

Ukrainian Prosecutor-General Andriy Kostin on June 7 signed a decree on providing the prosecutor's office at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague with data related to the destruction of the Kakhovka dam. According to a statement by his office, Kostin also informed ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan about the situation caused by the dam breach. Ukrainian and Russian officials traded blame over the breach on June 6 of the Russian-controlled dam, which prompted the evacuation of thousands of local residents.

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