BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that the Russian military must be brought to justice immediately for war crimes, accusing the Kremlin’s troops of the worst atrocities since World War II.
The Ukrainian leader made his plea via video as grisly evidence continued to emerge of civilian massacres carried out by Russian forces on the outskirts of Kyiv before they pulled back from the capital.
The images, particularly from the town of Bucha, have stirred global revulsion and led to demands for tougher sanctions and war crime charges.
A Kremlin paper justifies erasing the Ukrainian identity, as Russia is accused of war crimes
An editorial in a prominent Kremlin media outlet appears to provide justification for the war with its call to erase the Ukrainian identity — language that geopolitical experts say is especially alarming after the discovery of dozens of dead civilians in a Kyiv suburb.
Written by Timofei Sergeitsev in RIA Novosti, the rhetoric in the editorial — entitled “What Russia should do in Ukraine” — is inflammatory, even by the usual Russian state media standards.
It claims the word “Ukraine” itself is synonymous with Nazism and cannot be allowed to exist.
“Denazification is inevitably also De-Ukrainianization,” Sergeitsev writes, stating that the idea of Ukrainian culture and identity is fake.
Ukraine round-up: Evidence of alleged Russian atrocities mounts near Kyiv
On Day 40 of the invasion evidence was mounting of atrocities carried out in areas of Ukraine abandoned by Russian forces.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow of genocide but says peace talks will continue.
The bodies of 410 civilians have been found in areas around Kyiv, Ukrainian authorities say.
Moscow has said, without evidence, that photos and videos of atrocities are “a staged performance” by Ukraine.
But more and more grim scenes have been found.
Note: We are all aware that the media blatantly lies. After years of Trump Derangement Syndrome, Hunter Biden’s laptop, Clinton’s Benghazi scandal, Justin Trudeau’s fawning media coverage etc there is no denying that fact.
With regard to the atrocities in the Ukraine both “sides” of the issue are welcome to make a case here provided that comments remain civil.
It’s a war, a war with one front being social media, both sides should be questioned.
