Does a country that invades other states, bombs & murders civilians in hospitals, residential areas and kidnaps children BELONG in the UN Security council?
"If it can be proved that #Russia caused the collapse of the #Kakhovka dam in #Ukraine this month, it will be liable to prosecution — under both the Ukrainian criminal code, which prohibits ecocide, and under the environmental war crimes provisions of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Russian forces appear to have executed at least 15 Ukrainian soldiers as they attempted to surrender, and possibly six more who were surrendering or who had surrendered, since early December 2023, Human Rights Watch said today. These incidents should be investigated as war crimes.
Just a bit of a context of immense suffering and imminent death, unleashed on thousands and thousands of animals, with the blow up of #Kakhovka dam in #Ukraine.
#HumanRights activists say the attack on the crowded building, which killed 12 people including 14-year-old twins and injured at least 60 others, was a #WarCrime."
Ukrainians advance 16-20 kilometers in ‘tactically significant’ move
Ukraine made a “tactically significant” advance along 2 lines of attack towards the southern coast
The Ukrainian troops seized 16 to 20 kilometers of territory, which the Institute for the Study of War says will likely weaken Russia’s defenses in aggregate, raising the chances of a breakthrough
UK planes guard Ukrainian grain ships in Black Sea
UK began providing aviation security to Ukrainian ports following Russian attacks on grain infrastructure in July, when Russia withdrew from the Black Sea Grain Initiative
“We will use our intelligence, surveillance, & reconnaissance to monitor Russian activity in the Black Sea”
Medvedev threatens Russia will seize more Ukrainian regions
Medvedev claimed Russia’s war will continue until the Ukrainian government is “completely destroyed” and the "original Russian territories are liberated from the enemy."
I don't understand why the media still calls this monster "President Vladimir Putin". He is a dictator, not a president. He is a wanted serial child abductor and war criminal.
Don't call him "president". Call him "wanted Russian child abductor and international war criminal dictator Vladimir Putin".
🇺🇦 Nine civilians, including two children, have been shot dead in the Russian-occupied city of Volnovakha, Donetsk region of Ukraine.
🇷🇺 Russian independent media outlet ASTRA reported, citing local residents, neighbours, and relatives of the victims, that the murder was committed by a Russian serviceman.
Ukrainian children abducted by Russia during its assault on their country are sharing the stories of their captivity with Canadian parliamentarians in hopes they will help rescue others. #RussianWarCrimes
Russia confirms use of prohibited chemical weapons in Kherson Oblast
According to the ISW, Russia’s 810th Naval Infantry Brigade seemingly confirmed on Telegram that it intentionally uses chemical weapons against Ukrainian forces, in direct violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention, of which Russia is a party to
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 #Russia has deported more than 19,000 Ukrainian children over the past two years, says Olena Kondratiuk, vice speaker of #Ukraine’s parliament, Verkhovna Rada, citing official Ukrainian data.
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 A Ukrainian energy provider said Friday that three thermal power plants had been damaged in an overnight barrage of Russian missiles and drones, the latest aerial assault to target #Ukraine's critical infrastructure.
Behold! Once again another war crime. Far away from frontline positions, Ukrainian civilians are facing the brunt of russia’s wanton destruction of their homes. A grave breach of the Geneva Convention that is clearly not justified by military necessity.
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Russia's war and occupation of large swaths of #Ukraine have led to hundreds of churches being damaged or destroyed, dozens of priests killed or kidnapped, and entire religious groups that don't conform to Moscow's brand of Orthodoxy being banned.
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 The tendency of Russian troops to use munition with prohibited chemicals grows and has become "systemic," the command of #Ukraine's Support Forces reported on April 5.
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 The Russian Federation uses sexual violence as a weapon against civilians and prisoners of war, #Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Sergiy Kyslytsya said during a meeting of the U.N. Security Council on April 23.
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 A Russian missile attack on an educational institution in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odesa on Monday killed four people and injured 28, local officials said.