Ukraine has filed a lawsuit against Russia at the UN International Court of Justice in The Hague, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky.
He also said that “Russia must be held accountable for distorting the notion of genocide in order to justify aggression.” “We are calling for an urgent decision ordering Russia to suspend military activity now, and we expect the tests to begin next week.”
Ukraine has submitted its application against Russia to the ICJ. Russia must be held accountable for manipulating the notion of genocide to justify aggression. We request an urgent decision ordering Russia to cease military activity now and expect trials to start next week.
– Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) February 27, 2022
Russian ultimatum in Kiev for negotiations in Belarus – “We are waiting until 15.00”
Earlier, Russia gave Ukraine a deadline of 3 pm (4 pm Greek time) to respond to the invitation to negotiate on Belarusian soil.
“Until 15.00 we will continue to be here and wait for confirmation from the Ukrainian side for their own decision to start negotiations in Gomel (Belarus),” said the head of the Russian delegation, Vladimir Medinsky, as reported by the Russian agency TASS.
Medinsky also said that Moscow guarantees the security of the Ukrainian negotiating mission, in case it starts to reach Gomel, Belarus, where the Russian delegation is already located.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky earlier rejected the Russian proposal, saying there could be no dialogue in a country from which Russia has attacked Ukraine.
In particular, he replied that dialogue in Belarus could only take place if Russia had not attacked Ukraine from Belarus.
He added that Kiev remained open to dialogue at another point from which no attack was launched on his country.
“Warsaw, Bratislava, Budapest, Istanbul, Baku. We suggested all these cities. “And any other city would suit us,” he said in a video uploaded to the internet.
Zelensky said that last night was violent and that the Russian occupation forces “attacked civilian areas” where there is no military infrastructure. “They are attacking everywhere,” he added.
Street fights in Kharkov
Russian forces have entered Kharkov, the second largest city of Kiev broadcasts the BBC citing local Ukrainian officials.
THE head of the Kharkiv regional administration, Oleg Shinegubovstated that light military vehicles “entered the city”.
London: No talks with Russia as long as it has troops in Ukraine
THE UK Foreign Secretary Liz Trass He said that talks with Russia could not be held to resolve the crisis in Ukraine as long as Russian troops are on Ukrainian soil.
“If the Russians are serious about negotiations, they should withdraw their troops from Ukraine. They can not negotiate with the pistol in the temple of Ukrainians. “So, honestly, I do not trust these so-called negotiation efforts,” Ms Trass told Sky News in a morning interview.
Soltz: “Putin’s war” threatens all of Europe
German Chancellor Olaf Solz spoke of an aggressive war by Putin that threatens the freedom and integrity not only of Ukraine but of Europe as a whole.
“It is necessary to strengthen Germany’s defense and for this an extraordinary budget of 100 billion euros will be allocated for the reinforcement of the German army,” he stressed.
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