Ukraine and AI for Good Join Forces to Document Russian War Crimes
Deputy Minister of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine for European Integration Andriy Nadzhos and CEO of the AI for Good Foundation James Hodson held a meeting dedicated to cooperation in documenting war crimes against Ukraine.
The Gaze reports on it, referring to the Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine.
The key topic of the meeting was support for the online platform Svidok.org, which serves as a war diary for Ukrainians. It allows people to anonymously store testimonies about life under occupation, destruction, shelling, and other war crimes. Currently, the platform has collected over 3,500 stories, and the number of users has exceeded 5,000.
The parties agreed to expand their cooperation. In particular, they plan to prepare a printed book based on testimonies from Svidok.org in Ukrainian and English, with a separate section devoted to the destruction of cultural heritage.
Andriy Nadzhos emphasized the importance of such cooperation for the dissemination and preservation of Ukrainian culture and recalled the results already achieved.
"It is unacceptable for us when Russian museums or individual figures try to legalize exhibits illegally removed from Crimea or other temporarily occupied territories. Ukraine is systematically working to ensure that such actions receive the appropriate international legal assessment," he stated.
The AI for Good Foundation confirmed that it has already organized seven exhibitions based on the war memories of Ukrainians preserved on the Svidok.org platform and has submitted nearly 300 testimonies to the Office of the Prosecutor General and the International Criminal Court.
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