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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/zelenskyy-trump-doesnt-know-putin-russian-dictator-never-stop" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy</a> on Tuesday urged delegates at a conference on justice and compensation in Ukraine to continue efforts to tackle impunity for war crimes in order to "provide real strength to our common security — security from aggressions and terror."Ministers and officials from dozens of countries met in the Netherlands to discuss how to bring justice to victims of Russia's invasion of <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/situation-in-ukraine-is-dire-as-ammunition-supplies-drop-on-us-europe-starvation-diet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ukraine</a>, as the war sparked by Russia's invasion drags on in its third devastating year.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/zelenskyy-responds-moscow-concert-hall-shooting-rips-putin-suggesting-ukraine-behind-terror-attack" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ZELENSKYY RESPONDS TO MOSCOW CONCERT HALL SHOOTING, RIPS PUTIN FOR SUGGESTING UKRAINE BEHIND TERROR ATTACK</a>The <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/international-criminal-court-issues-putin-arrest-warrant-child-deportations-ukraine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">International Criminal Court</a> has issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and the country's commissioner for children’s rights charging them with personal responsibility for the abductions of children from Ukraine.The court also has issued warrants for two senior Russian military officers for alleged responsibility for attacks on critical infrastructure in Ukraine."Let the real peace be restored faster. And let everyone who destroys peace be truly afraid of facing trial in The Hague," Zelenskyy said in a video message.Ukraine's prosecutor general, Andriy Kostin, told the meeting that his country has identified 551 war crimes suspects, indicted 374 and has already prosecuted 104 people.During the conference, a register of damage caused by Russia’s invasion was formally opened, allowing people to submit claims for compensation for damages, loss or injury suffered as a result of the invasion.The Hague-based Register of Damage Caused by the Aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, or RD4U, was established by the Council of Europe last year. It will not pay out any claims, but is a stepping stone toward an international compensation mechanism that has not yet been established.The launch focused on claims for damage or destruction of residential property. It said that between 300,000 and 600,000 claims are expected. RD4U aims to allow further claims soon, including those related to damage or destruction of Ukrainian critical infrastructure.Opening the conference, Dutch Foreign Minister Hanke Bruins Slot said the devastating toll of Russian attacks underscored the need to support Ukraine."Because if we don’t, the country’s justice system will eventually collapse under the weight of these atrocities," she said.The Hague, known as the international city of peace and justice, is central to efforts to bring accountability and end impunity for crimes in Ukraine. It is home to the International Criminal Court and the International Centre for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine, and the Dutch government has offered to host a special tribunal on the crime of aggression. While the ICC is investigating crimes in Ukraine, it does not have jurisdiction to prosecute the crime of aggression in the conflict.

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content: THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/zelenskyy-trump-doesnt-know-putin-russian-dictator-never-stop"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy</a> on Tuesday
 urged delegates at a conference on justice and compensation in Ukraine to continue
 efforts to tackle impunity for war crimes in order to "provide real strength to
 our common security — security from aggressions and terror."Ministers and
 officials from dozens of countries met in the Netherlands to discuss how to bring
 justice to victims of Russia's invasion of <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/situation-in-ukraine-is-dire-as-ammunition-supplies-drop-on-us-europe-starvation-diet"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ukraine</a>, as the war sparked by Russia's invasion
 drags on in its third devastating year.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/zelenskyy-responds-moscow-concert-hall-shooting-rips-putin-suggesting-ukraine-behind-terror-attack"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">ZELENSKYY RESPONDS TO MOSCOW CONCERT HALL
 SHOOTING, RIPS PUTIN FOR SUGGESTING UKRAINE BEHIND TERROR ATTACK</a>The
 <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/international-criminal-court-issues-putin-arrest-warrant-child-deportations-ukraine"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">International Criminal Court</a> has issued arrest
 warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and the country's commissioner for
 children’s rights charging them with personal responsibility for the abductions
 of children from Ukraine.The court also has issued warrants for two senior
 Russian military officers for alleged responsibility for attacks on critical infrastructure
 in Ukraine."Let the real peace be restored faster. And let everyone who destroys
 peace be truly afraid of facing trial in The Hague," Zelenskyy said in a video message.Ukraine's
 prosecutor general, Andriy Kostin, told the meeting that his country has identified
 551 war crimes suspects, indicted 374 and has already prosecuted 104 people.During
 the conference, a register of damage caused by Russia’s invasion was formally opened,
 allowing people to submit claims for compensation for damages, loss or injury suffered
 as a result of the invasion.The Hague-based Register of Damage Caused by
 the Aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, or RD4U, was established
 by the Council of Europe last year. It will not pay out any claims, but is a stepping
 stone toward an international compensation mechanism that has not yet been established.The
 launch focused on claims for damage or destruction of residential property. It said
 that between 300,000 and 600,000 claims are expected. RD4U aims to allow further
 claims soon, including those related to damage or destruction of Ukrainian critical
 infrastructure.Opening the conference, Dutch Foreign Minister Hanke Bruins
 Slot said the devastating toll of Russian attacks underscored the need to support
 Ukraine."Because if we don’t, the country’s justice system will eventually
 collapse under the weight of these atrocities," she said.The Hague, known
 as the international city of peace and justice, is central to efforts to bring accountability
 and end impunity for crimes in Ukraine. It is home to the International Criminal
 Court and the International Centre for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression
 against Ukraine, and the Dutch government has offered to host a special tribunal
 on the crime of aggression. While the ICC is investigating crimes in Ukraine, it
 does not have jurisdiction to prosecute the crime of aggression in the conflict.
summary: Officials from dozens of countries met on Tuesday in the Netherlands, and
 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged delegates to &apos;tackle impunity
 for war crimes.&apos;
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