Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wants a full investigation into crimes against civilians in Bucha and other Ukrainian cities. To that end, they are working with the EU and the International Criminal Court, among others, he said in a video message posted on Tuesday night. International outrage over atrocities in the Kiev suburb of Bucha continues. In view of the massacre, the CSU is demanding more weapons from Ukraine.
According to the Ukraine Prosecutor General’s Office, more than 7,000 reports of Russian war crimes have been recorded in the region around the capital Kiev. Most of the victims were in Borodyanka, Attorney General Iryna Venediktova said, according to Unian news agency. “I think we will talk about Borodyanka separately.” The Attorney General’s Office is working on investigating war crimes in Irpin, Bucha and Worsel.
Russia talks about a staging without any evidence
The photos of Bucha, where several bodies of residents were found in the streets after the withdrawal of Russian troops, caused horror over the weekend. Ukraine blames Russian troops who occupied the city for the massacre. The Moscow government denies this. Russia’s ambassador to the UN, Wassili Nebensja, spoke of a “staged provocation”. Russia wants to present evidence to the UN Security Council that its military has not committed atrocities against civilians in Ukraine. According to the US Department of Defense, Russian forces are responsible for the atrocities in the Ukrainian city of Bucha. “I think it’s pretty obvious – not just to us, but to the world – that Russian forces are responsible for the atrocities in Bucha,” said Pentagon spokesman John Kirby.
Zelenskyj assured that those responsible will be held accountable. “The time will come when all Russians will know the whole truth about which of their fellow citizens[na Ucrânia]committed murder. who gave orders. Who turned a blind eye to the murders,” said the Ukrainian president. He invited journalists from around the world to look at the destroyed cities. “Let the world see what Russia has done!” Zelenskyy, who visited Bucha on Monday, fears that Russian troops are now trying to “cover the tracks of their crimes”.
CSU demands more weapons for Ukraine
The head of the CSU regional group, Alexander Dobrindt, urged the federal government to support Ukraine with more arms deliveries. “Bucha’s photos cut to the marrow and bones and show an unspeakable violation of civilization in Russia,” Dobrindt told the Augsburger Allgemeine. “Now we need to further strengthen Ukraine’s defense capability with weapons, protected vehicles and drone reconnaissance technology, which not only needs to be provided by the Bundeswehr but also by industry.”
Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock warned against exaggerated expectations of an immediate embargo on Russian energy. “If you had a full embargo tomorrow, if that stopped this war, then we would do it right away,” said the green politician on the ARD “Tagesthemen”. Such an exit would indeed raise the price of this war. “But that doesn’t mean that this killing spree will end tomorrow.” However, a complete elimination of fossil energy from Russia will not only be prepared, but “initiated en masse”, Baerbock said.
Ukraine expects heavy attacks on Kharkiv
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry expects more Russian attacks on the besieged city of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine. Russian troops were preparing to take the city, Defense Ministry spokesman Oleksander Motusianyk said, according to Ukrayinska Pravda. Russian troops also received reinforcements in other areas of eastern Ukraine.
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Several people were killed and wounded in Russian attacks in the southern Ukrainian town of Mykolaiv, according to Ukrainian sources. The region’s governor, Vitaly Kim, reported 11 dead and 62 wounded. During the night, air attacks were also raised in Poltava, Kharkiv, Dnepropetrovsk oblasts and Sumy, Chernihiv, Luhansk, Donetsk and Zaporizhia oblasts.
Currently around 600 Russian prisoners of war
About 600 Russian soldiers are in captivity in Ukraine, as Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said, according to “Ukrajinska Pravda” on Ukrainian television’s unitary program. They are looking for ways to reach Ukrainians in Russian POWs through the Red Cross and want to persuade Russia to release them.
Rebuilding bridges in the Kiev region destroyed during the war will take about two to three months, the Ukrainian Ministry of Infrastructure said, according to UNIAN news agency. Work should therefore start in the next few days.
This will be important on Tuesday
With a supporters’ conference in Berlin, Foreign Minister Baerbock wants to increase international aid to the Republic of Moldova, which is visited by many Ukrainian war refugees. Refugee supplies and rising energy prices must play a role. Ukrainian President Zelenskyy wants to address members of the United Nations Security Council via video link.