03/19/2023 21:18 (act. 03/19/2023 21:18)
Ukraine now seriously damaged ©APA/AFP
According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Russia will have to answer for all crimes committed in the war against Ukraine. “The evil state will be held accountable for every act of terrorism against Ukrainians,” Zelenskyy said in his video speech late Sunday. It is about “responsibility for every attack on Ukraine, for every life destroyed, for every deported Ukrainian child”.
Zelenskyy spoke again about the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court in The Hague against Russian head of state Vladimir Putin for kidnapping Ukrainian children. The arrest warrant is “a really important result of international law for Ukraine” and a turning point. From now on it is clear that at the end of the war Russia will have to assume “all its responsibilities”, said the Ukrainian president.
In the speech, Zelenskyy thanked deminers in Ukraine and addressed many of them by name. “This is tedious and very dangerous daily work.” Since the start of the Russian war of aggression, experts in pyrotechnics and explosives have combed over 100,000 hectares. More than 400,000 grenades were defused and more than 200,000 explosive objects removed, he said.