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Ukraine calls to create war crime tribunal for russia’s crimes
25.08.2022
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has called on all states and organizations to support the creation of a special tribunal for russia’s crimes in Ukraine, the ministry said in a statement.“On August 24, Ukraine celebrates the 31st anniversary of the restoration of its independence. On this day back in 1991, the National Parliament voted for the Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine and inherited Ukrainian statehood for Ukrainian People’s Republic (1917-1921) which independence was taken away by the communist ...Mariupol defenders trial will amount to war crime – UN
23.08.2022
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights sharply condemned the intention of russia to try the defenders of Mariupol in the city’s philharmonic hall.“While there are few details available, photos and video footage published in the media and on social media appear to show metal cages being built in Mariupol’s philharmonic hall, apparently to restrain prisoners of war during proceedings,” reads the press release by Ravina Shamdasani, Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said ...moscow behaves like monkey with nuclear grenade – Ukraine at UN
03.08.2022
russia is a threat to international security as it is attacking Ukraine’s nuclear infrastructure, Ukraine’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mykola Tochytskyi was cited as saying at the UN event by ukrinform.net.“From the beginning of russia’s war against Ukraine, the russian armed forces have been indiscriminately targeting Ukraine’s infrastructure, including critical facilities thus creating unprecedented nuclear threats to Ukraine and far beyond,” Tochytskyi said.moscow behaves like “a monkey with a nuclear grenade,” while the international community is witnessing how nuclear terrorism, ...Let’s look at the reasons why Andrew Kramer of NYT doesn’t enjoy the reputation of an independent and objective journalist in Ukraine – InformNapalm
31.07.2022
On July 22, 2022, The New York Times announced the opening of its bureau in Kyiv “to keep covering a war that has upended life for millions of Ukrainians and reverberated far beyond the country’s borders. The conflict has left people around the globe at risk of starvation, and has scrambled alliances, undermined efforts to shift to clean energy and challenged an already fragile rules-based world order.”The newspaper introduced Andrew Kramer as the chief of its new bureau, exalting that ...Ukraine at UN: russia deliberately destroying cultural heritage throughout country
16.07.2022
russian invaders deliberately destroy cultural heritage sites throughout Ukraine, ukrinform.net reported.“All the cultural heritage of the entire country, both tangible and intangible, is now under attack and must be protected for all humanity,” Kateryna Chuyeva, Deputy Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine, said speaking at the Arria-formula meeting on the destruction of cultural heritage as a consequence of the russian aggression against Ukraine.As noted, out of 453 damaged or destroyed cultural sites checked by the Ministry’s employees, 128 ...Kuleba to OSCE: What russian representative still doing at the table?
29.06.2022
I am grateful to the Polish OSCE Chairmanship for steering the Organization in the times of existential challenges and for guarding OSCE principles and commitments. One question hangs in the air: what does the russian representative still do at this table? Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba asked …What is the added value of russia’s participation in OSCE after it has violated all ten fundamental principles of the Helsinki Final Act? How does russia contribute to the security ...Ukraine’s envoy to UN: russian politicians consolidated warmongering since 90s, let’s finish off russian fascism now!
22.06.2022
Mr. President, distinguished members of the Security Council, I also recognize the representative of putin’s regime in the permanent seat of the Soviet Union. He has again taken advantage of this seat to shift responsibility for the war onto everyone but russia, Permanent Representative of Ukraine,Ambassador, Sergiy Kyslytsya, said at the UN Security Council meeting on situation in Ukraine on 21 June 2022.More than once in this chamber I have already drawn attention to the widely used russian tactics of ...Dictators dream of world of theft, power and lies
06.06.2022
Iranians steal oil from Greek tankers and detain Greek sailors, russians steal everything they can from the occupied Ukrainian cities and deport our citizens to russia. This is the world that dictators dream of – the world of theft, the world of the victory of audacious power and lies, writes Ukrainian journalist Vitaly Portnikov for espreso.tv …..At the same time, both the Iranian supreme Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the russian “Ayatollah” vladimir putin respond to accusations of theft with ...russia responsible for direct and public incitement to commit genocide in Ukraine – legal analysis by 30 international experts
28.05.2022
russia is responsible for direct and public incitement to commit genocide, and a pattern of atrocities from which an inference of intent to destroy the Ukrainian national group in part can be drawn, the new legal analysis signed by more than 30 independent experts concluded.……a) High level russian officials and State media commentators repeatedly and publicly deny the existence of a distinct Ukrainian identity, implying that those who self-identify as Ukrainian threaten the unity of russia or are Nazis, and ...putin’s special operations are all about murder – Portnikov
26.05.2022
In addition to the “special military operation” in Ukraine, putin started another one – “special passport operation”. The russian president decided that residents of four regions of Ukraine – Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporozhye – could receive citizenship in a simplified manner, writes Ukrainian journalist Vitaly Portnikov for graniru.org …..Why exactly these regions, and not, for example, Kharkiv or Sumy? But because the occupation and annexation of the Kharkiv and Sumy regions is not included in putin’s immediate plans. His ...
