15 minutes agoRuined cities and tortured civilians... 10 developments in the day so far from Ukraine
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has accused Russia of trying to cover up evidence of war crimes. Referring to the recent findings of civilian troops in villages around Kiev, Zelensky said Russia has already launched a false campaign to hide its guilt in other areas of the country, writes [...]
Zelensky has visited Bucan, about 30km northwest of Kiev, dressed in military equipment and surrounded by military personnel Monday. He spoke of death and destruction in the already liberated villages of Stoyanka, Irpin and Butka. “Cities are simply destroyed”, he said. Ukraine's president warned that civilian losses could be higher in other villages. He is expected to address the WTO Security Council later today.
Sumy Oblast's governor, Dmytro Dyvytsky, has announced that Konotrop, in Sumy Oblast County, Ukraine's army has found the bodies of at least three civilians tortured.
Without displaying evidence of their claims, some Russian officials have described war crimes reports as false. Dmitry Medvedev said that: “They were mounted for a large amount of money”, and the spokesman for the low house in Russia's Parliament Vyacheslav Volodin said that “The situation in Butka is a provocation aimed at discrediting Russia. Washington and Brussels are screenwriters and directors, and Kiev are actors. They are not facts- just lies”.
A team of the Red Cross Organisation (ICRC) has been released after the ban during an effort to reach the southern Ukrainian town of Marioupol, where it was held in Manush.
Ukraine's deputy prime minister, Iryna Vereschuk, has said there will be efforts to open seven humanitarian corridors for today. The streets will be in Luhansk, Zaporizhja and Donestsk.
Kiev's chairman has called on European politicians to stop all trade ties with Moscow, saying that all Russia's dues are “money that bleeds”.
The European Commission president's spokeswoman has announced that President Ursula von der Leyen will travel to Kiev this week to meet with Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenksy. It will be accompanied by European Union top diplomat Josep Borrell, and they will visit Kiev before an event in Warsaw, Poland, on Wednesday.
Italy has expelled 30 Russian diplomats for security reasons. Denmark has driven out 15. Russia has said it will answer.
Europe's Minister for Labour from France, Clement Beaune, has told a radio that the European Union will most likely impose new sanctions on Russia on Wednesday.
