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Post by Admin on Apr 7, 2022 22:05:38 GMT
Images of corpses lining the streets and bodies stuffed into plastic bags in Bucha have shaken the world, raising calls for credible investigations and accountability. But the explosive “genocide” charge against Russia has proven contentious.
Legal experts say it is too early to determine whether genocide has occurred in Ukraine, stressing that while the term is politically damning, other human rights violations are also serious and should not be ignored.
“In public discourse, there’s a tendency to treat genocide as the worst of all crimes,” said Ernesto Verdeja, an associate professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame. “It has a kind of political and moral resonance that other types of very severe violations may not have – like crimes against humanity or war crimes.
“That’s problematic and unfortunate because in fact, in international law, genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity are all extremely severe.”
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Post by Admin on Apr 8, 2022 13:32:18 GMT
At Least 30 Killed In Rocket Attack On Train Station In Ukraine 145,348 views Apr 8, 2022 Russia has intensified its assault on eastern Ukraine, striking a train station packed with refugees trying to flee. At least 30 people were killed and more than 100 wounded in the attack. This comes as new evidence of atrocities by Russian forces has emerged. Meanwhile, Fox News reporter Benjamin Hall is speaking out for the first time about his horrific injuries after his vehicle was hit by shelling. NBC’s Molly Hunter reports for TODAY from Bucha.
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Post by Admin on Apr 8, 2022 18:26:12 GMT
At least 50 dead after Russian rocket attack at Ukraine rail station 5,282 views Apr 9, 2022 One of the rockets fired at the rail station packed with civilians had "For the children" written on it in Russian, according to reports.
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Post by Admin on Apr 9, 2022 17:09:03 GMT
Zelenskyy calls Kramatorsk train station rocket strike a war crime | USA TODAY 158,087 views Apr 9, 2022 A rocket strike killed at least 50 people and injured dozens more at a train station in Kramatorsk.
Russian attacks targeting Ukrainian civilians, including in Bucha and Friday's attack at a train station in Kramatorsk, are war crimes, according to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He told CBS' "60 Minutes" that Ukraine's security services have intercepted Russian communications that include discussions of targeting civilians.
"There are pilots in prison who had maps with civilian targets to bomb," Zelenskyy said in a clip of the interview that will air in full Sunday. Zelenskyy said "everyone who made a decision, who issued an order, who fulfilled an order" is guilty of war crimes. Asked if he holds Vladimir Putin responsible, Zelenskyy said, "I do believe he's one of them."
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Post by Admin on Apr 9, 2022 19:21:23 GMT
A Russian rocket that struck a train station and killed dozens in eastern Ukraine on Friday had a Russian phrase meaning "For the children" written on its side, Ukrainian officials said. At least 50 people were killed and over 100 were injured after two Russian rockets hit the train station in Kramatorsk, which is in the Donetsk oblast. Ukraine's communications center tweeted that two children were killed in the attack. The phrase — seen scrawled in white on the side of a purported Russian rocket in photos and video from the scene of the attack — translates as a message that the missile was sent in vengeance for children, not that it was intended to be used on children. Russian propaganda has accused Ukrainian troops of killing children even as Russian forces fire on civilian targets, including a theater in Mariupol that was serving as a shelter for residents and children. Scores had flocked to the train station on Friday to evacuate from the eastern Donbas region, as Western intelligence and NATO warned Russian troops are repositioning away from the northern Kyiv region and will focus their efforts on the east. Photos and videos circulating on social media from Ukrainian officials and journalists showed a blood-stained sidewalk, strewn with luggage, strollers, and other belongings. "Russians knew that the train station in Kramatorsk was full of civilians waiting to be evacuated. Yet they [struck] it with a ballistic missile, killing at least 30 and injuring at least a hundred people," Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba tweeted after the strike. He added: "This was a deliberate slaughter. We will bring each war criminal to justice."
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