Ukrainians will likely be able to appeal to international courts, but not only on the cases on crimes committed by the military, Ukrainian judges have experience of trying such cases, President of the Supreme Court of Ukraine Stanislav Kravchenko said in an exclusive interview with the Interfax-Ukraine News Agency.

Asked whether the absence of military justice in Ukraine could become a reason for further appeals against Ukrainian court rulings in international courts, in particular regarding crimes committed by the military, Kravchenko said: "The absence of military courts is not a problem or a reason for appeal, because the whole world recognizes that each country builds its national court system the way it sees it."

"In the context of a possible appeal to international institutions, there will certainly be claims, but I do not think they will be specifically related to this category of cases," Kravchenko said.

The Supreme Court President also noted that the world has not seen such a scale of military aggression on the European continent since the World War II "all the questions and problems come from here."

According to Kravchenko, Ukraine today occupies a "dishonorable third place" in terms of the number of appeals that are being considered by the European Court of Human Rights.

"In order for cases to be considered within a reasonable time, we need human resources, and when the court has one or two judges, and there is a huge number of cases, then, of course, this affects the duration of the consideration and there is even unjustified simplification," he said.

The Supreme Court President also said the taking of the oath by new judges on July 5 was an important event for the judicial system, but emphasized that this is only 10% of the number of judges that Ukrainian courts lack.

Speaking about the experience of Ukrainian judges in trying crimes against military service committed by military personnel, Kravchenko emphasized that such cases have been considered since 2014.

"During eight years, the practice was formed in a certain way. All this time there was a problematic issue, including with the unauthorized abandonment of a unit, its differences from desertion. That is, we cannot say that we started with zero – we already had a base for considering military cases before the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation," Kravchenko said.

He also noted there is no radical difference in crimes in the field of military service compared to pre-war times.

"Therefore, judges are ready to consider cases of such crimes and do so. Undoubtedly, we need to strive for specialization, and this also requires resources. So, one thing is tied to the other," he said.