The United States has announced that it has joined an international team to document Russia’s alleged war crimes in Ukraine, but avoids speaking of “genocide” in Bucha, a city where a large number of bodies are believed to have been found of civilians with marks of destruction have been executed and handcuffed.
At a news conference, State Department spokesman Ned Price reported that a US team of prosecutors and experts is assisting Ukraine’s Attorney General’s War Crimes Unit in collecting evidence.
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmitro Kuleba has urged his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi to engage Beijing and play a crucial role in achieving a ceasefire in the war between the former Soviet republic and Russia. At the same time, the head of Ukrainian diplomacy said he hopes to achieve peace and become “the gate of Europe.”
Both leaders held a phone meeting last night, which was reported by several Chinese state media and at which Wang Kuleba said China hopes negotiations will continue until a ceasefire agreement is reached.
The dialogue between the two diplomatic leaders came just three days after a telematics summit between China and the European Union, at which Brussels urged Beijing to abandon its “equidistance” in the conflict and use its influence over Moscow to end the war.
The federal government has decided to expel 40 Russian diplomats from the Berlin embassy in response to the brutal images of the Bucha massacre, in which Russian troops are said to have committed war crimes, that have been published in recent days.
This was confirmed by German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock. These are people who “work against our freedom and against our social cohesion every day,” he assured in a statement in which he alluded to the “incredible brutality” of the Russian leadership.
The Federal Network Agency took over the German Gazprom subsidiary until September 30 in order to ensure the gas supply.
Berlin made this drastic decision after Moscow announced on Friday that it intends to sell Gazprom Germania.
According to Save the Children, an average of 22 schools have been attacked every day in Ukraine since the Russian invasion began on February 24. The organization has detailed that at least 869 educational institutions, 6% of the total, were damaged and 83 were “completely” destroyed.
In addition, the organization has highlighted that military operations are disrupting the education of the 5.5 million children left behind in the former Soviet republic. It should be noted that more than two million children fled the war while approximately 5.5 million remain in the country.
The bombs destroyed 50 educational buildings in the city of Kharkiv alone, which were completely besieged and attacked and bombed by Russian troops.
The United States has announced in the last few hours that it will seek Russia’s suspension from the UN Human Rights Council after there is “more evidence” that its forces committed war crimes in the city of Bucha near Kyiv.
US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield has tweeted that a country that is undermining “all the fundamental principles” of the organization cannot be allowed to continue to participate in the body.
The United States assured on Monday that Russia was “reassessing its objectives” in the war in Ukraine and plans to focus on the east and part of the south rather than trying to invade the entire country, predicting that this will be the case in the new phase of the conflict will be “long”.
This was stated by Jake Sullivan, US President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, who also confirmed that his country will this week impose new sanctions on Russia over the alleged massacre of Russian troops in Bucha.
“We believe that Russia is reviewing its war goals, they are repositioning their forces to focus their offensive operations on eastern Ukraine and part of the south instead of attacking most of the territory,” Sullivan said at a news conference.
The international community is considering tightening sanctions against Russia over the alleged massacre by its troops in the city of Bucha near the capital, an implication the Kremlin categorically denies.
The funeral services of Bucha near Kyiv, which was recently liberated by the Ukrainian army, found and buried about 340 bodies of civilians found on the streets, Ukrainian daily Pravda reported on Monday.
The United States announced on Monday that it has joined an international team to document alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine, but still avoids referring to the “genocide” case in the case of the Bucha massacre outside of Kyiv.
At a news conference, State Department spokesman Ned Price reported that a US team of prosecutors and experts is assisting the War Crimes Unit of Ukraine’s Attorney General’s Office in gathering evidence that will bring Russia to justice.