By Jeffrey Dastin

(Reuters) – Ukraine plans to deploy software program from U.S. information analytics supplier Palantir Applied sciences (NYSE:) Inc to assist it prosecute alleged battle crimes dedicated by Russia, the corporate advised Reuters.

Palantir, which has equipped Ukraine with methods to assist it goal Russian tanks and assist refugees, is now working with the prosecutor basic’s workplace to assist investigators throughout Europe pool and course of information, the corporate stated.

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 images that Ukrainians have uploaded to social media and investigators see as related proof, Palantir stated.

Andriy Kostin, Ukraine’s prosecutor basic, stated in an announcement offered by Palantir: “Analysing this quantity of proof could be just about unimaginable with out fashionable IT options.”

The information 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 usually restricted entry to suspects or crime scenes.

Palantir stated its expertise would enable investigators to entry in any other case ring-fenced information whereas guarding towards proof tampering.

The Denver-based firm, which 20 years in the past obtained its begin aiding U.S. intelligence providers, lately reported its first worthwhile quarter.

For now, Palantir just isn’t charging for the war-crimes work, a spokesperson stated.

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 stated.

A U.N.-mandated investigative physique final month accused Russia of battle crimes, although its chair stated it had not discovered proof of genocide, which is being investigated by Ukraine.