The international community continues to debate the format of a tribunal that would bring Russia to justice for the crime of aggression against Ukraine. So far, the opinion of European Commissioner for Justice D. Reynders and the US Department of State on the idea of creating a "hybrid tribunal" that would be part of Ukraine's judicial system has dominated in the West.

It is also noted that more than 1619 children have suffered in Ukraine as a result of the full-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation. As of the morning of 26 August 2023, according to official information from juvenile prosecutors, 503 children were killed and more than 1116 were injured of varying severity.

On 21 August 2023, the international conference Special tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine took place in Kyiv. Justice to be served was dedicated to the establishment of a special international tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine. 

According to Andriy Smirnov, the Core Group for the establishment of a special tribunal for the crime of Russian aggression against Ukraine will meet again in September in The Hague. The deputy head of the Presidential Office noted that one of the new options to be considered during the Core Group meeting is the possibility of creating an "internationalised court".

The assessment in Odesa revealed damage to several museums located in the World Heritage site, including the Odesa Archaeological Museum, Odesa Maritime Museum and Odesa Literary Museum. All of them have been awarded the Blue Shield, a distinctive emblem of the 1954 Hague Convention, by UNESCO and local authorities.

The Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine reports that 84 monuments of national importance, 514 monuments of local importance, and 66 newly discovered cultural heritage sites have been damaged or destroyed.

The use of torture is strictly prohibited under international law. Human rights norms and standards of international humanitarian law do not justify torture under any circumstances. Therefore, in situations where such actions are committed and related to an armed conflict, they constitute a war crime, according to the information note prepared jointly by the Training Centre for Prosecutors of Ukraine and JustTalk.

The accused Russian military commander, together with his subordinates, during an illegal search of a house, used rude and obscene language towards the owner of the house. Then, threatening her with murder in the presence of her close relative, he took her to the yard. There, he imitated an execution and fired several shots above her head from an assault rifle.

As of the morning of 22 July 2023, according to official information from the Office of the Prosecutor General, 496 children were killed and more than 1,068 were injured of varying severity. However, these are only the figures that have been officially recorded. Therefore, the actual number may be many times higher.

The creation of such a tribunal has already been supported by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the European Parliament, the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and individual states. All representatives of Russia's military and political leadership will be prosecuted for the crime of aggression against Ukraine.