BRUSSELS, May 17 – International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan has announced that he has deployed a team of forensic experts to Ukraine to participate in the investigation of war crimes.

I can confirm that today my Office has deployed a team of 42 investigators, forensic experts and support personnel to Ukraine to advance our investigations into crimes falling into the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court and provide support to Ukrainian national authorities. This represents the largest ever single field deployment by my Office since its establishment," the ICC prosecutor said in a statement released on Tuesday.