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By Jeffrey Dastin
(Reuters) – Ukraine plans to deploy software program from U.S. knowledge analytics supplier Palantir Applied sciences (NYSE:) Inc to assist it prosecute alleged battle crimes dedicated by Russia, the corporate instructed Reuters.
Palantir, which has provided Ukraine with programs to assist it goal Russian tanks and help refugees, is now working with the prosecutor normal’s workplace to assist investigators throughout Europe pool and course of knowledge, the corporate mentioned.
Its software program will mix intelligence and satellite tv for pc imagery to construct a map of proof, as an illustration establishing the proximity of Russian gear to crime scenes or aggregating pictures that Ukrainians have uploaded to social media and investigators see as related proof, Palantir mentioned.
Andriy Kostin, Ukraine’s prosecutor normal, mentioned in an announcement supplied by Palantir: “Analysing this quantity of proof can be just about unattainable with out trendy IT options.”
The info that Palantir’s software program will course of pertains to allegations of illegal killing, rape, torture and destruction among the many greater than 78,000 crimes reported in Ukraine since Russia invaded greater than a 12 months in the past.
Moscow has denied attacking civilians or perpetrating battle crimes.
Any profitable battle crimes prosecution would require Ukraine to navigate overlapping court docket jurisdictions and furnish proof regardless of typically restricted entry to suspects or crime scenes.
Palantir mentioned its know-how would enable investigators to entry in any other case ring-fenced knowledge whereas guarding in opposition to proof tampering.
The Denver-based firm, which 20 years in the past bought its begin aiding U.S. intelligence providers, just lately reported its first worthwhile quarter.
For now, Palantir just isn’t charging for the war-crimes work, a spokesperson mentioned.
Its partnership with Ukrainian prosecutors will centre on alleged crimes of aggression ordered by Russia’s management and on claims of systematic assaults on the Ukrainian individuals, Palantir mentioned.
A U.N.-mandated investigative physique final month accused Russia of battle crimes, although its chair mentioned it had not discovered proof of genocide, which is being investigated by Ukraine.
