The business informed Reuters that Ukraine would use Palantir Technologies Inc (PLTR.N) software to pursue Russia’s alleged war crimes.
Palantir, which has helped Ukraine target Russian tanks and support refugees, is now partnering with the prosecutor general’s office to enable investigators throughout Europe to pool and process data, the business said.
Palantir claimed its program would use intelligence and satellite data to track evidence, such as Russian equipment near crime scenes or Ukrainian social media photos investigators consider pertinent.
“Analyzing this amount of evidence would be virtually impossible without modern IT solutions,” Ukraine’s prosecutor general, Andriy Kostin, told Palantir.
Palantir’s software will analyze more than 78,000 reports of unlawful killing, rape, torture, and destruction in Ukraine since Russia invaded more than a year ago.
Moscow denies war crimes and civilian attacks.
Ukraine must negotiate many judicial jurisdictions and provide evidence despite limited access to suspects and crime scenes to prosecute war crimes.
Palantir claimed its technology would let investigators access ring-fenced data without altering it.
Two decades after helping U.S. intelligence services, the Denver-based startup celebrated its first profitable quarter.
A representative for Palantir stated war crimes work is currently free.
Palantir started its work with Ukrainian prosecutors would focus on Russia’s leadership’s alleged crimes of aggression and systematic attacks on Ukrainians.
Last month, a U.N.-mandated investigative group accused Russia of war crimes, but its head stated it had not established genocide, which Ukraine is investigating.
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