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    4 months ago

    However, the document that has now been adopted stipulates that Ukraine will not recognize the jurisdiction of the Criminal Court for war crimes for seven years when it comes to Ukrainian citizens. This is due to the army’s fears that its actions in the fight against Russian forces could in some cases be charged as war crimes.

    Ahh, that’s why they want a free pass.

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        Sadly not in english. Here is the source.

        This the part I translated:

        In dem nun verabschiedeten Dokument ist allerdings festgelegt, dass die Ukraine die Zuständigkeit des Strafgerichtshofs für Kriegsverbrechen sieben Jahre lang nicht anerkennen wird, wenn es um ukrainische Bürger geht. Hintergrund sind Befürchtungen der Armee, dass ihr Vorgehen im Kampf gegen russische Kräfte in einigen Fällen als Kriegsverbrechen angeklagt werden könnte.

        Tagesschau is one of the main sources for news in Germany, so its straight westerners press. You can also translate the whole article with DeepL into english, its quite interesting. I mean, they are literally saying, that they now joined it but won’t accept the court for Ukrainian citizens, because of fear that their soldiers would get prosecuted regarding possible commited war crimes in Russia. How the fuck can anyone accept that?

        Russians commiting war crimes in Ukrania: Please put them behind bars, the international court has enforce justice.

        Ukrainians commiting war crimes in Russia: No no, please no prosecution for seven years OK?