"The biggest risk is if President Putin wins, because the message is that when he violates the international law, when he invades another country, then he gets what he wants."
For example, the #SouthAfrican navy took part in drills with #Russia in the Indian Ocean last year – including with a Russian frigate with a large 'Z' on its smokestack. The South African government, led by the #africannationalcongress has mirrored #Russian talking points.
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) has submitted an Article 15 Communication to the International Criminal Court (ICC) against 6 key #Russia media figures – Dmitry Medvedev, Vladimir Solovyov, Margarita Simonyan, Dmitry Kiselyov, Sergey Mardan, and Alexey Gromov – for hate speech as the crime against humanity under Articles 7(1)(h), (2)(g) of the Rome Statute.
President Biden on Friday for the first time publicly apologized to Ukraine for the Republican monthslong holdup in American military assistance that let Russia make gains on the battlefield, as Ukrainian President Zelenskyy appealed for bipartisan U.S. support “like it was during World War II.” #AureFreePress#News#press#headline#Ukraine#Russia#Putin#EU#NATO
"U.S. President Joe Biden was due to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Paris on Friday as Kyiv’s army endures its hardest days of fighting since the early weeks of the war with Russia and prepares for what officials say could be a tough summer ahead."
V Human rights centre Memorial:
Today is the video appeal hearing of Nobel prize laureate Oleg #Orlov (70 y.o), #Russia 's preeminent human rights defender, 100 ds after his jailing
On 27 February he was sentenced to 2.5 ys for “repeated discrediting” of the army - he consistently and publicly expressed his protest against the war in #Ukraine
From the court, Oleg Orlov was sent to Moscow pre-trial detention center-7 “Kapotnya”, then transferred to Syzran
Hungary will not participate in possible NATO operations against the Russian Federation in Ukraine, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in an interview with Mandiner magazine. #AureFreePress#News#press#headline#Ukraine#Russia#Hungary
France will transfer 5 Mirage 2000 aircraft to Ukraine and train pilots — French President Emmanuel Macron.
"France is helping the Ukrainians to resist, but we don't want escalation. To be very specific, tomorrow during my meeting with Zelenskyi, we are going to start a new cooperation, and we will provide Mirage 2000 and offer to train pilots" Macron announced. #AureFreePress#News#press#headline#Ukraine#Russia#France