ICC prosecutor ready to open investigation into Ukraine

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor says that a preliminary probe found “a reasonable basis at this time to believe” that crimes against humanity and war crimes have been committed in Ukraine since late 2013 meriting a full-scale investigation. The six-year preliminary probe looked at allegations of crimes starting with the brutal crackdown on pro-European Union protests in 2013-14 through the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014 an