[Jimbuna]

G7 justice ministers to discuss war crimes in Ukraine

Separate from the meeting of Nato foreign ministers, justice ministers from the G7 group of wealthy democracies are meeting in Germany this morning to discuss how best to investigate war crimes in Ukraine.

The meeting will discuss ways to "coordinate investigation of core crimes under international criminal law" more effectively, in light of the Russian invasion, according to the G7.

Justice ministers from the US, UK, France, Germany, Japan, Italy and Canada are set to be be joined by their Ukrainian counterpart Denys Maliuska and the country's prosecutor general Andriy Kostin.

Ahead of the meeting, Maliuska called for a "compensation mechanism", as "Russia must pay the Ukrainian people for the damage it caused in this war".

He said the costs amount to about $150bn (£125bn) - not even including the damage to Ukraine's economy, or to the wounded and the families of victims who have been killed.