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Eugene Vindman: “The Ukrainians currently have something like 74,000 open…”

Featuring: Eugene Vindman, Democratic | U.S. House, Virginia, District 7

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Retired colonel investigating war crimes vows Putin won't escape accountability

Published | Video Starts at 02:24

I mean Putin, I mean his immediate lieutenants, and I mean the officers and military that are fighting this conflict. If we think about war crimes investigations, they're long, they're painstaking. The Ukrainians currently have something like 74,000 open cases [of war crimes]. and they don't have anywhere near 74,000 prosecutors. So it's going to require a great deal of time and effort and assistance by international organizations like mine and others that will come in and Help the Ukrainians with this enormous Herculean task. (02:24–02:29)

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Asserts that Ukraine has approximately 74,000 open war crimes cases.

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