President Zelensky in Bucha in person raises the accusations against Moscow for the massacre of civilians, while his army discovers the torture room where pro-Russian militiamen or regular soldiers allegedly attack unarmed citizens. The international community is in shock, the EU and the US announce a war crimes investigation and hear the appeals of the Ukrainian government, according to which the situation in Mariupol would be even worse. The US president, Joe Biden, calls for a trial for Putin, the US and Great Britain ask the UN that Russia be suspended from the Human Rights Council, but Moscow continues to deny its involvement in the atrocities. Despite the horror, Zelensky said negotiations to reach a truce will continue. Meanwhile, the bombs don’t stop either.
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00.52 Zelensky: 300 dead have been found in Bucha so far, elsewhere there will be more
The president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, said the death toll in the cities and villages of the Kiev, Sumy and Chernihiv regions could exceed that of the dead in Bucha. “We have just started an investigation into what the occupiers have done. Right now, around 300 people are known to be killed and tortured in Bucha alone. The list of victims will be much larger when the entire city is checked,” he said. said in an evening video message: “There is already information that in Borodyanka and other liberated cities the number of victims could be even higher”.
00.40 Kiev: the Russians want to surround and conquer Kharkiv
In Ukraine, Russian troops are concentrating on an offensive operation to “surround Ukrainian troops and conquer Kharkiv”, according to Oleksandr Motuzyannyk, spokesman for the Ukrainian defense ministry.
00.30 Zelensky: “Now the Russians will try to hide the traces of their crimes”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sent a new video message to the country to say that, now that the world has learned of the crimes committed in the Kiev region, Russian soldiers will try to hide the traces of their actions. “We also need to be aware that after the announcement of the mass murder of civilians in the Kiev region, the occupiers may have a different attitude towards their crimes in another part of our country. They are already trying to hide. their sins in the mass murders in Mariupol. They’ll do dozens of interviews, re-edited tapes, kill people on purpose so that it looks like someone else killed them. Probably now the occupiers will try to hide the traces of their crimes. They don’t have it. done in Bucha when they retired, but in another area it is probably possible “.
00.04 Zelensky: “I will speak to the UN Security Council”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that he will speak to the UN Security Council today. It is not known at the moment if it will be a live link or if it will send a recorded video. Meanwhile, the UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres, spoke about the situation of security and human rights in Ukraine in a phone call with the Ukrainian foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba. Guterres briefed Kuleba on the objectives of the mission of the UN head of humanitarian affairs, Martin Griffiths, in Moscow and Kiev and reiterated the UN’s commitment to a humanitarian ceasefire in Ukraine and increased humanitarian support to the Ukrainian people. “.