A point in this war after the military, after politicians, will be delivered by lawyers - the President of Ukraine's address to the participants of the meeting organized by the International Association of Lawyers (IBA)

This war, which is ongoing in Ukraine, has long had echo in all other parts of the world. Somewhere - waves of refugees. Somewhere - the threat of large -scale famine due to Russia's artificial food crisis. Somewhere is a cruel crisis of life value that drives millions of people into misery and destroys middle -class welfare, even where Russia cannot reach its aggression. And somewhere - the most rigid things of all that are only possible. This is happening in Ukraine.

Artillery shelling of our cities - hundreds of Ukrainian cities is destroyed, dozens are completely burned. Permanent rocket and bomb terror. Iranian shock drones that Russia uses against our infrastructure. Millions of Ukrainians have suffered losses from this war that Russia has been unleashed: they lost their loved ones, their homes. At least tens of thousands of Ukrainians have already been killed.

Of course, we do our best to protect our people and expel Russian invaders from Ukrainian land as soon as possible. We do our best to bring back freedom to all Ukrainians in all corners of our country. And I believe that we will do it thanks to our heroic defenders and defenders, thanks to all who are fighting and working to win Ukraine.

Our partners provide very powerful assistance, and I am especially grateful to the United States for leadership in the Global Coalition, which is formed this year to protect Ukraine and freedom. But I want to pay attention to the fact that the point in this war - after the military, after politicians - will be supplied by lawyers. It is lawyers.

Those who will prosecute all the perpetrators of terror and compensation for all the damage caused by Russia at the expense of the assets of the aggressor state itself. It is such justice that should be the finale of the evil that Russia brought. For each of the 4. 5 thousand Russian missiles, there are inhumans that are guilty of deaths and losses caused by these missiles. For every mass burial of victims of Russian executioners are inhumans who are guilty of these killings.

For every manifestation of Russian aggression there are those who planned it, organized it, justified it and prevented it from finishing it. We have already started work to create a special tribunal for the punishment of Russia for the crime of aggression against Ukraine. This tribunal will be. We are already cooperating with the United States, with European countries, with the International Criminal Court to punish all Russian murderers and executioners.

We have already started creating a compensation mechanism that will ensure the confiscation and direction of Russian assets to compensate for the losses caused by this war. And I invite you to join this work! This is an opportunity for each of you to help people who have become innocent victims of war. This is a chance for each of you to become part of the global efforts of many generations to affirm the power of international law.

Perhaps right now in this hall among you are those whose names will soon be inscribed in the world history of protection of freedom and law and order - for all people, for all countries, at all times. I thank you for the cooperation of your Association with the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Ukrainian Office and for your initiatives that help us fight for justice for all the victims of this Russian terrorist war.