US starts new program to collect, analyse evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine

As Russian Federation has been blamed for perpetrating war crimes in Ukrainian territories, United States has decided to launch a new program to gar evidence of Russian war crimes. On Tuesday, US State Department announced initiation of a new program to gar and analyse evidence of Russian war crimes and or atrocities in Ukraine. State Department spokesman Ned Price stated that since President Putin launched his illegal war against Ukraine, international community has witnessed horrendous crimes committed by Russian troops. He furr said that y are collaborating with American acemia and commercial sector to find justice and evidence of large-scale atrocities now and in future.

program is called Conflict Observatory, which will verify and disseminate open source proof of Russian forces' atrocities in Ukraine. Conflict Observatory will evaluate and archive publicly and commercially available data, including satellite photos, according to media reports. Conflict Observatory's documentation will be me public on website in order to counter Russian disinformation efforts and shine a light on atrocities.

initiative being developed with $6 million initial investment

This program is being developed with a $6 million initial investment, with future financing coming from European Initiative for Democratic Sustainability (EDRI). White House said in March that EDRI would receive at least $ 320 million to help improve democratic resilience, combat corruption and promote human rights in Ukraine and region. Conflict Observatory is a collaboration between Esri, a leing provider of geographic information systems, Yale University's Humanities Research Laboratory, Smithsonian's Cultural Rescue Initiative and PlanetScape Ai, according to media reports.

Conflict Observatory will provide analyses of Russian war crimes on its official website

official website of Conflict Observatory will host reports and analyses of Russian war crimes. Karim Khan, Prosecutor of International Criminal Court, announced on Tuesday that he has dispatched a team of 42 investigators, forensic experts and support personnel to Ukraine to look into war crimes and crimes against humanity.  US State Department stated that no government can avoid responsibility for atrocities committed, no matter how big or oretically strong it is or what s of weaponry it has in its arsenal.

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