European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell, Slovakia’s Prime Minister Eduard Heger and Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal together a mass grave as they Visiting city of Bucha as Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues, outside Kyiv, Ukraine April 8, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense revealed a new massacre in the reclaimed territories. “Every day we uncover egregious war crimes,” authorities said.
“As Ukrainian rescuers advance into territory liberated from Russian occupiers, egregious new war crimes are uncovered. The city of Makariv in the Kyiv region is half destroyed. 132 tormented bodies of tortured and murdered citizens have already been found”, reported the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
The news about Makariv is an alarming reminder to Bucha that the city where the horrors of Russian occupation were revealed last week, with dozens of bodies littering the streets and Sinetos buried in mass graves.
To document Russian atrocities, Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry today announced lThe establishment of an online archive to document with evidence the war crimes committed by Russia in Ukrainehe added that they will help ensure that their authors do not escape justice.
“We thoroughly document every atrocity, every crime. We have created a special online archive of these crimes so that the world will know the truth and Russians will be held accountable for every drop of Ukrainian blood they shed,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said in a statement The Russians Can Know the Truth not hide about their terrible crimes in Ukraine,” he said.
“We will punish Russian war criminals for the atrocities they are committing in Ukraine, not only the enforcers, but also the commanders who gave the orders and the entire politico-military leadership of the Russian Federation,” he said.
He added that thousands of Ukrainians were killed, tortured and gunned down by Russian soldiers, that civilians were executed with their hands tied behind their backs in the streets of Bucha, and that women and children were raped and killed.
The Russian army has bombed maternity hospitals, schools, kindergartens and humanitarian corridors and people have been forcibly deported to Russia, he added.
The war crimes collected in this file, committed by the Russian army in Ukraine since the beginning of the invasion on February 24, are divided into seven categories: murder of innocents, attacks on civilians or civilian infrastructure, destruction of population centers, hostages and torture, illegal deportation, attacks on religion and culture, and rape.
The statement adds that the portal “immerses visitors in the horrifying atmosphere of this war” to “experience just a fraction of how Ukrainians have been living for more than six weeks” to “listen to the sounds of anti-aircraft sirens and fighter jets.” hearing and rocket attacks” and “reading the horrific testimonies of the survivors”.
The file, which is already available via the link https://war.ukraine.ua/russia-war-crimes, is constantly updated by the Ministry in cooperation with Ukrainian law enforcement agencies, international organizations and surveillance missions.
With information from EFE
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