Ukraine has started 5,600 war crimes investigations allegedly committed on its territory after the Russian invasion began, Ukrainian Attorney General Irina Venediktova told the British television network Sky News today.
Describing Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “key war criminal of the 21st century,” the Ukrainian attorney general said 5,600 cases of alleged war crimes and 500 Russian war criminals had been identified.
He referred mainly to the attack on the Kramatorsk railway station (east) during which 52 civilians including five children were killed in a blow attributed to a Russian rocket.
“Absolutely, it is a war crime,” Benedict said, saying it has “evidence” that Russia is behind the attack. “These people just wanted to be saved, they wanted to get away.”
He thanked British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who paid a surprise visit to Kyiv on Saturday, where he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and promised to provide new weapons to Ukraine.
“It’s a really big support for us,” Venediktova said, referring to Johnson’s first visit to Ukraine by an official of the Group of Seven (G7) after the invasion began.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba called on scientists to study the effects of Russian propaganda, which he said had paved the way for atrocities in Bouka.
“Bouka did not happen in one day. “For many years, Russian political elites and Russian propaganda incited hatred, dehumanized Ukrainians, nurtured Russian supremacy and prepared the ground for these atrocities,” Kuleba wrote on Twitter.
“I urge researchers around the world to look at what led to Bouka,” he said.
Dnipro airport bombed again by Russian forces, “completely destroyed”
The airport in Dnipro, a large city in eastern Ukraine, was bombed again today by the Russians and was “completely destroyed,” the local governor announced.
“A new attack on his airport Dnipro. There is nothing left. The airport itself and nearby infrastructure were destroyed. “And the rockets are still falling,” Valentin Reznichenko, the local governor, wrote in the Telegram. “The number of victims is being determined.”
Bodies were found in a sewer in Kyiv
Two bodies were found today, Sunday, in a gas station sewer on a highway outside Kyivnear the village of Buzova, which had been occupied by the Russians.
Agence France-Presse saw police and soldiers at the scene using a tanker to pump water from inside.
The victims they seemed to be dressed in civilian clothes, but according to the residents they could be members of the local defense.
A woman approached the crime scene and looked inside before collapsing, as she recognized the body from the shoes: “My son, my son” he shouted.
Police cordoned off the area and waited for the mine clearance units to withdraw the corpses.
Traces of tanks were visible on the road, while near the gas station were two damaged tanks.
Yesterday, Saturday, Taras Didic, a local official, announced speaking to a Ukrainian television station that the bodies of civilians had been found in a ditch in Buzova.
“During the occupation, there were ‘hot spots’ where many civilians were killed on the Kiev-Zhytomyr road. “Near the village of Mriya, where the Babouchkine Sad hotel-restaurant is located, a dozen private cars were shot with people inside,” Didic told ICTV.
“Civilians were found in a ditch near a gas station in Buzova. “A man was killed in Buzova during a tank fire in a house,” he said.
Two dead and several wounded by Russian bombing in Kharkov
Two people were killed and several were injured today in the Ukrainian city of Dergachi in northeastern province of Kharkivsaid the governor Oleg Siniegubov in a post on Facebook.
The Russian forces carried out 66 artillery attacks in various areas, the governor said, adding:
“Two people were killed, there are casualties. “As you can see, the Russian army continues to ‘fight’ with the civilian population because it has no victories at the front,” Siniegubov said.
A school and an apartment building were bombed in the city of Sivierondonetsk in besieged Luhanskin eastern Ukraine, its governor announced earlier.
“Fortunately, there were no casualties,” Sergi Gaidai told the Telegram.
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