As fighting and strikes continue on Ukrainian territory, Europol and the International Criminal Court have announced that they are strengthening their cooperation.
Volodymyr Zelensky denounced Tuesday April 25 a Russian attack “barbaric” in Kupyansk, a city in the Kharkiv region, in northeastern Ukraine. The fall of a missile hit a history museum, killing an employee and injuring ten people, according to the provisional assessment of the Ukrainian president, who explained that other people were still under the rubble, and denounced a “war crime”. Here are the other takeaways from the day.
The International Criminal Court and Europol strengthen their cooperation
The European police agency Europol and the International Criminal Court (ICC) have announced that they have signed an agreement to strengthen their cooperation, particularly in war crimes investigations such as those currently being carried out in Ukraine. This cooperation may include the exchange of specialist knowledge, the collection of evidence, the results of strategic analyzes and information on criminal investigation procedures. In March, the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
France relies on the IOC to decide on Russian participation in the Paris 2024 Olympics
While Ukraine and some of its supporters are calling for Russian and Belarusian athletes to be excluded from the 2024 Paris Olympics, even under a neutral banner, France will not decide alone, Amélie Oudéa-Castera explained on Tuesday. The Minister of Sports has called the future choice of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) “decision sovereign”and ensured that “France recognizes and respects the autonomy of the sports movement”, including on this political and sensitive issue. Paris will allocate aid of one million euros to help prepare Ukrainian athletes, she added.
Russian tennis player barred from Polish plane
The Polish national airline, LOT, explained that it had refused access on board one of its aircraft to Russian tennis player Vitalia Diatchenko, citing restrictions imposed by Warsaw on the movement of Russian nationals. The 32-year-old claimed on social media that she was denied boarding a LOT flight from Cairo to Nice via Warsaw because of her nationality, forcing her to miss a tournament in Corsica.
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