IEastern Ukraine is on fire. To the west, only 70 kilometers from Poland, Lviv, the former Lemberg, has become the new vital center of the country, where thousands of refugees are concentrated. For international lawyer Philippe Sands, professor of law at University College London and author of Back to Lemberg (Albin Michel, 2016), a book that reminded the world of the horrors of the Nazi genocide in this city, economic sanctions are not enough, it is urgent to prosecute Russia for the crime of aggression.
Point : Now that Kiev is attacked by the Russians, can Lviv be considered the gateway to Eastern Europe?
Philip Sands: It is often said that it is the gateway between East and West… It is a deeply European city – it was called the…