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(Photo from Anadolu) BRUSSELS-The European Commission proposed on Monday to extend the mandate of the Eurojust agency to help the work of Ukrainian authorities in investigating war crimes. "The proposed reinforcement will give the agency the legal possibility to collect, preserve and share evidence on war crimes with the relevant national and international authorities, including the International Criminal Court," Christian Wigand, the EU executive body's spokesperson on justice affairs, said. The Eurojust, responsible for judicial cooperation between EU member states on criminal matters, already has experience in investigating international crimes, but "the existing rules did not envisage a situation of this scale and crimes of this extent," he added. He also explained that the EU's support is necessary because Ukrainian authorities struggle to store and preserve crucial evidence because of the ongoing war. If adopted, the new mandate will allow the Eurojust