US attorney general in Ukraine to discuss war crimes

WASHINGTON: US attorney general Merrick Garland was visiting Ukraine on Tuesday to discuss prosecution of individuals involved in war crimes in the European nation invaded by Russia in late February, a justice department official said.
Garland will meet with Ukrainian prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova to discuss US and international efforts to help Ukraine “identify, apprehend, and prosecute those individuals involved in war crimes and other atrocities in Ukraine,” the official said.