Donetsk, Mar 20 – DAN. Ukrainian People’s Tribunal for Poroshenko's regime war crimes against Ukraine’s citizens (UPT) launched its work today in Donetsk, UPT chairwoman Elena Shishkina, a lawyer from Donetsk, told the Donetsk News Agency.
“A constitutive meeting unanimously decided to call it the Ukrainian People’s Tribunal for Poroshenko's regime war crimes against Ukrainian citizens,” Shishkina said. “It has already launched preparations for the first session.”
The trials will be held in accordance with the Ukrainian legislation and international law.
The Initiaitive Group of the People’s Tribunal for the crimes of Poroshenko and his clique against Ukrainian citizens held a constitutive meeting in Donetsk earlier on Tuesday. It approved the Tribunal’s Charter and composition and announced the launching of the official website. The UPT is expected to hold the first hearing in Donetsk on March 26-27.
On March 15, the Initiative Group of Ukrainian citizens living in Donetsk and Lugansk announced the establishment of the People’s Tribunal for Poroshenko's regime war crimes. It will review the crimes of high-ranking officials, including Ukrainian President Petr Poroshenko, National Security Council Secretary Alexander Turchinov, Defence Minister Stepan Poltorak and Ukrainian armed force commander-in-chief Viktor Muzhenko. The cases will be tried and files reviewed in accordance with the Ukrainian legislation and international law.*jk*ot