Global leaders have condemned the widely distributed pictures of mass executions in Ukraine‘s Bucha and other locations in the Kyiv region, pushing the West to explore more penalties against Russia.
World leaders have been startled and outraged by horrific photographs from the outskirts of Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, as accusations of mass graves of hundreds of Ukrainian civilian’s stream in – the latest in a long line of war crimes Russia has been accused of. Despite Moscow’s emphatic denial of culpability for the murders, it is likely to face more penalties from the US and Europe, which have united with Kyiv to punish Moscow for the “massacre.”
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, who paid a visit to Bucha on Monday, warned that additional dead were expected to be discovered in territories retaken from Russian invaders. On Tuesday, he will address the United Nations Security Council for the first time to answer the charges of mass executions.
The horror in Ukraine’s words
By Sunday, Ukraine claimed to have discovered at least 410 civilian deaths near Kyiv. According to the administration, 50 of the remains discovered in Bucha were victims of extrajudicial murders by Russian forces. The Pentagon stated that the killings at Bucha were “pretty evident” and that Russian soldiers were to blame.
The Kremlin has refuted all claims, claiming that the graves and bodies were fabricated by Ukraine in order to smear Russia. Russia said it will submit “actual proof” of Ukraine’s and its Western sponsors’ “lies” at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council.
Zelensky, on the other hand, promised that Ukraine will collaborate with the European Union and the International Criminal Court to identify Russian fighters implicated in the “genocide” and “war crimes” in Bucha.
Reactions and revulsions
Global leaders have condemned the widely distributed pictures from the Kyiv region. The shocking photographs of bruised or charred victims left out in the open or hurriedly buried have prompted calls for further measures, including a ban on Russian fuel imports.
In response to the events, US Vice President Joe Biden described Russian President Vladimir Putin as a war criminal who should be tried. Biden was cited as adding, “This man is vicious, and what’s going on in Bucha is awful.”
In the meanwhile, Germany and France have criticised the event by removing hundreds of Russian diplomats on suspicion of being spies.
The United States and the United Kingdom have announced preparations to seek Russia’s expulsion from the UN Human Rights Council. “Russia cannot remain a member of the UN Human Rights Council due to solid evidence of war crimes, including claims of mass graves and horrible butchery in Bucha. Russia must be put on hold “Foreign Secretary Liz Truss of the United Kingdom acknowledged as much.
Suspending Russia from the council, however, would need a two-thirds majority vote in the UN General Assembly.
Canada’s Justin Trudeau stated in a tweet: “When we talked today, @ScottMorrisonMP and I both strongly denounced the killing of civilians in Ukraine, pledged to hold Russia responsible, and emphasized the critical need for humanitarian help. I also invited him to the #StandUpForUkraine rally on Saturday.”The horrific massacres perpetrated by Russians, by Russian forces, deserve to be named what they are.” It is genocide, and this act must be prosecuted as a genocide crime… When we see the atrocities committed on women, children, and entire families, we should shout even louder. Bucha, Irpin, Hostomel, and Motyzhyn are locations that every one of us will most likely remember for the rest of our lives. Genocide was committed by the Russians.” According to the Associated Press, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said.
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