New database created to log Ukraine war crime allegations

Eurojust has created a new database to catalogue legal files logging allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Ukraine.

It forms part of the EU agency's joint investigation team (JIT) - made up of countries including Lithuania, Poland and Estonia - looking at potential crimes committed during the war, BBC reports.

The new database will help to collate and share evidence, with Eurojust's president Ladislav Hamran calling it a "real game changer".

Meanwhile, vice-president Margarita Šniutyte-Daugeliene said a new international centre for prosecuting the crime of aggression would provide "a new dimension".

The centre, announced earlier this month, will be used by the JIT and will focus on the analysis and the preservation of evidence linked to potential crimes of aggression. It'll also seek to determine who gave the order to invade Ukraine.

As of this morning, Ukraine has recorded more than 71,000 alleged war crimes, committed since Russia launched its invasion almost a year ago.