The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, and for Maria Lvova-Belova, Children's Rights Commissioner, on suspicion of war crimes, in particular the forced deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia. Open-source intelligence (OSINT) plays a key role in the ICC's investigations into war crimes in Ukraine. OSINT methods are used to find and verify information on the system of relocation and re-education of Ukrainian children in Russia. Social media platforms, press releases, reports from human rights organizations and public mapping services are used, among others, for this purpose.

Oleksandr Manachynskyi

KBN Analysis No. 9 (124) / 2023

5 June 2023

The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, and for Maria Lvova-Belova, Children's Rights Commissioner, on suspicion of war crimes, in particular the forced deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia. Open-source intelligence (OSINT) plays a key role in the ICC's investigations into war crimes in Ukraine. OSINT methods are used to find and verify information on the system of relocation and re-education of Ukrainian children in Russia. Social media platforms, press releases, reports from human rights organizations and public mapping services are used, among others, for this purpose.

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