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With atrocities against Ukrainians, russia shows its attitude toward entire civilized world – Klitschko
12.04.2023
“The video footage of the barbaric execution of the Ukrainian defender by the russians stops the blood in the veins… With its atrocities against the Ukrainians, russia shows its attitude toward the entire civilized world,” the mayor of the city, Vitaliy Klitschko, said in a statement.The world must finally realize what the “face” of the russian aggressor is and react accordingly, he added. “Because russia does such horror wherever it moves. The beast must be stopped and punished, not pacified!”“Ukrainians ...Ombudsman on video of execution of Ukrainian soldier: What is this, if not another proof of the genocide of the Ukrainian people?
12.04.2023
Ukrainian Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets called on the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross to punish russia after a video of a Ukrainian prisoner being decapitated was posted online.“As the Ombudsman of Ukraine, I have sent letters to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, the UN Secretary-General, and the International Committee of the Red Cross to do everything possible to ensure that the perpetrators are punished for ...This is not an isolated incident. UN Mission says that guilty of beheading Ukrainian soldiers must be held accountable
12.04.2023
The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine is “appalled” by gruesome videos of russian atrocities against Ukrainian soldiers.“One of the videos shows a brutal execution of a man who appears to be a Ukrainian prisoner of war, while the other one shows mutilated bodies of apparent Ukrainian servicepersons. Regrettably this is not an isolated incident. In recent reports the Mission documented a number of serious violations of International humanitarian law, including those committed against prisoners of war.These latest ...“This is not about freedom of speech.” Twitter sees no harm in spreading propaganda about encouraging mass murder in Ukraine – Podolyak
11.04.2023
Mykhailo Podolyak, adviser to the Office of the President of Ukraine, criticized Twitter’s policy of covering information about the war in Ukraine.“Unblocked accounts of the russian government, the scaling of russian tweets about “kill Ukraine” against the background of obvious pessimization of Ukrainians – this is not about freedom of speech at all… #Twitter sees no harm in spreading propaganda that directly encourages the destruction of Ukraine and mass murder. Maybe AI will moderate it better?”, Podolyak wrote.Twitter removed restrictions ...Not russian. Stuttgart museum updated information about Aleksandra Ekster
10.04.2023
In the permanent exhibition of the Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart, Ukrainian art is represented by two sculptures by an avant-garde artist Oleksandr Arkhipenko and the work of a painter and designer Aleksandra Ekster. But until recently, museum texts referred to Ekster as a russian artist, esthetegazeta.com reported.The definition “russian artist” was finally removed and a biography about her life in Kyiv was added, which was not there before, the art critic Anna Wetzler-Manyuk, who is actively involved in the processes of popularization ...russians shell bread-baking plant in Orikhiv
10.04.2023
russians shelled the town of Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia region, hitting the territory of a bread-baking plant, the head of the Ukrainian President’s Office wrote.The territory of the bread-baking plant was damaged. According to preliminary information, there were no victims, he wrote.ruscists destroy another apartment building in Avdiivka
10.04.2023
russian forces launched another airstrike on the city of Avdiivka, Donetsk region, destroying another apartment block.The russians turned Avdiivka into total ruins, Pavlo Kyrylenko, the head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration, said in a post. Fortunately, there were no victims, he added.“All civilians must leave the frontline settlements – we provide assistance with evacuation!” stressed Kyrylenko.IOC questions autonomy of Ukrainian sport, says it will support athletes who will go against decree of Ukrainian government
05.04.2023
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said that it would support the Ukrainian athletes, who can lose the support of their National Sports Federation.Answering the question concerning the decree by the Ukrainian government to deprive National Sports Federations of their national status should their athletes participate against athletes with a russian or Belarusian passport, the IOC said that “this raises serious questions about the autonomy of Ukrainian sport.”“If this was implemented, the athletes who want to compete and would lose the ...“No limit” friendship with russia is nothing but rhetoric, Chinese diplomat says
05.04.2023
China was not on russia’s side in the war against Ukraine, China’s Ambassador to the European Union, Fu Cong, said in an interview with nytimes.com.The ambassador, commenting on “no limit” friendship statement between russia and China, which was signed three weeks before russia’s invasion, said that people misinterpret this. “‘No limit’ is nothing but rhetoric,” he added.He noted that China doesn’t recognize russia’ efforts to annex Ukrainian territories.Pernod Ricard resumes supplying russians
05.04.2023
Pernod Ricard, which owns Ireland’s whiskey brand Jameson, has resumed its supply of brands to russia, irishtimes.com reported.Last week, various Jameson products were once again available on a popular russian website, the Sunday Independent confirmed.A spokeswoman for the company said that while initially, the company was pursuing the sale of existing stocks in russia, now Pernod Ricard is supplying stock to a level that permits the company to ensure “the viability of the Pernod Ricard distribution subsidiary.”This remains in compliance ...“Slava, I’m fine.” Animation based on story of mother of five children who died in russian shelling in Donetsk region [video]
01.04.2023
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An animated film, published by Neivanmade on its YouTube channel, tells the story of eighteen-year-old Vyacheslav Yalov, who became a guardian for his four siblings since their mother died as a result of the russian shelling of Verkhnotoretske settlement in Donetsk region.“I am fine,” – these were the last words that Vyacheslav heard from his mother, who was dying in his arms from the wounds she received.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UmA85BF0Lsruscists harass and beat kidnapped Ukrainian children for disobedience and refusing to speak russian
31.03.2023
In russia, kidnapped Ukrainian children are psychologically harassed, called names for being Ukrainian, and even beaten for disobedience. This was reported by Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights, Darya Gerasimchuk, radiosvoboda.org reported.“Very often, children are punished for refusing to speak russian, refusing to learn and sing the russian national anthem, to stand up during the russian national anthem.Almost all the children testified that they were intensely psychologically abused, called different names for being Ukrainians. There are even children who testify that ...
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